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City praises cleanup progress at Water Street; council approves next phase of PCB remediation
Summary
City consultants told council the recent removal of roughly 15,000 tons of PCB‑contaminated soil from the former DUR storage yard reduced concentrations below 1 ppm across the remediated area. Council voted unanimously to approve follow‑on assessment and disposal work and to pursue grant funding for the next cleanup stage.
City consultants detailed major progress this week on the long‑running Water Street environmental cleanup and received unanimous council approval to continue assessment and remediation work.
AKT Peerless representatives Scott and Jeremy told the council the northern storage‑yard and adjacent landfill areas historically contained the highest concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). After a multi‑year characterization effort, contractors removed about 15,000 tons of contaminated soil from the two‑acre DUR storage/metal junkyard footprint between September and December. The firm said cleanup‑verification sampling shows PCB…
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