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Residents and commission debate soil standards and who must pay for PFAS cleanup
Summary
Commission and public speakers pressed DES about soil sampling, enforcement and whether Saint‑Gobain or developers must finance removal; community members urged stronger state action and cited Bennington as an example of large‑scale soil removal.
An extended exchange at the Nov. 14 commission meeting focused on soil sampling, standards and who bears responsibility for managing PFAS‑contaminated soil inside the consent‑decree boundary.
Lorraine, a commission member, criticized current approaches and urged that the responsible company be required to remove contaminated soil rather than allowing developers to find on‑site fixes. "If the people who aren't tuned in were tuned in, they would conclude what the people who are paying attention all feel...we were used as a garbage can," she said.
Mike, a DES representative, acknowledged the public frustration but said the technical and logistical…
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