[CPEO-MEF] REUSE, SEDIMENT: "U.S. Army, DEEP debate Raymark, plan remediation, " Stratford, CT

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

U.S. Army, DEEP debate Raymark, plan remediation

By Lina Rainone 
Stratford Star (CA)
March 13, 2015

After receiving a $200,000 assessment grant last month to determine the scope of contamination at the Stratford Army Engine Plant, both the U.S. Army and the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection say they are still working out how best to remove contamination in the tidal flat region that borders the Housatonic River.

The buyer, Point Stratford Renewal, has made it clear that it intends to utilize the property to take full advantage of the waterfront location. But a specific plan to remove contamination that includes heavy metals and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from the site remains unsettled.

Contamination in the tidal flats

According to DEEP’s supervising environmental analyst, Traci Iott, a sediment study of the tidal flat region was conducted last summer and confirmed that the contamination posed an ecological risk that requires specific remediation to remove. The report is not available online, but as a matter of public record, it can be viewed (in person) at DEEP’s Hartford offices. The last Ecological Risk Assessment of the SAEP that addressed human health concerns was conducted in 2004 and is contained in the Final Remedial Investigation Report of the site, Iott told The Star.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stratfordstar.com/33849/u-s-army-deep-debate-raymark-plan-remediation/

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Lenny Siegel
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