[CPEO-MEF] FUDS, NATIVE ALASKANS: Unalaska (AK) settles with Feds

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City wins settlement over PCB contamination

KUCB News
January 27, 2011

UNALASKA, AK - The city of Unalaska has accepted a $1.96 million 
settlement from the federal government over PCB contamination.

The settlement is the result of a five-year process that began when the 
city discovered that the site of the new powerhouse was contaminated 
with PCBs - or polychlorinated biphenyls. PCBs are toxic compounds that 
can cause liver damage, skin lesions, and cognitive impairment. The 
Environmental Protection Agency requires PCB-contaminated sites to be 
cleaned up if the compound is present in greater amounts than one part 
per million. Soil at the new powerhouse site contained concentrations up 
to 700 parts per million.

The type of PCB found on the site is called Arclor 1260, and it was only 
produced during World War II. Because of this, the city attempted to 
involve the Department of Defense in the clean-up process, says City 
Manager Chris Hladick.

...

"There's no mechanism through FUDS -- the Formerly Used Defense Site 
agency - to fund a PCB cleanup without going to court."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kial/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1755384/Local.News/City.wins.settlement.over.PCB.contamination

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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