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Rutland officials review corrective action plan for contaminated downtown parcels

Public information session on corrective action plan · October 2, 2024
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Summary

Engineers described removing most contaminated soil and installing an engineered barrier at four downtown Rutland parcels after tests found asbestos, PCE (a dry-cleaning solvent), benzene, PAHs and PFAS; the state site manager is listed in the plan and no public comments were offered.

Officials and project consultants reviewed a corrective action plan for four downtown Rutland parcels that proposes removing most contaminated soil and installing an engineered barrier, project engineers said.

At a brief public meeting, Stu Shaw of Weston Sampson Engineers said assessments found asbestos-containing material, volatile organic compounds linked to a former dry cleaner (including PCE), benzene beneath an adjacent building, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in fill material, and metals and PFAS in groundwater. "The bulk of it is to remove…

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