[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "Army Corps Has 2-Year Plan For PCB Cleanup At Stratford [CT] Plant"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Army Corps Has 2-Year Plan For PCB Cleanup At Stratford Plant
A large crowd came out Tuesday to discuss the proposed remediation plan for the area around the Stratford Army Engine Plant.

By Anna Bybee-Schier 
Stratford Patch (CT)
December 12, 2019 

STRATFORD, CT - Residents turned out in droves Tuesday night to hear about the next step in preparing the Stratford Army Engine Plant - which town officials have referred to as "the single largest economic redevelopment opportunity in Stratford" - for use.

The plant at 550 Main St. for decades poured treated chemical waste into a drainage ditch, contaminating sediment in the ditch and nearby tidal flats with PCBs, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Corps held Tuesday's meeting at the Baldwin Center to discuss cleanup efforts for the area.

"This came together through teamwork," Program Manager Tom Linneer said Tuesday of the plan to remediate the contaminants. "... It's a team effort that has gotten us to this point."

The plant property is owned by the federal government, but the Army has selected Point Stratford Renewal LLC to develop the site. Before the 76-acre property can be developed, the contaminants must be cleaned up. The contamination poses threats to humans as well as fish, shellfish, birds, wetland resources and more, according to the Army Corps.

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For the entire article, see
https://patch.com/connecticut/stratford/army-corps-has-2-year-plan-pcb-cleanup-stratford-plant

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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LSiegel@cpeo.org
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