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Council moves Boot Hill site cleanup contract to May agenda after environmental update
Summary
Council advanced a resolution to authorize a contract with Herrera Inc. for supplemental testing and reporting at the Boot Hill (Foothill) site; staff said carcinogenic PAHs are the primary contaminant and disposal could cost about $750,000 depending on results.
Stormwater Technician Patrick Hoffman told the Shelton City Council on April 21 that the Foothill, or Boot Hill, site has been sampled intermittently since 2000 and remains in the Washington Department of Ecology Voluntary Cleanup Program. Hoffman said the city plans three additional borings, nine soil samples, one groundwater sample and a terrestrial ecological evaluation to update trends and pursue a "no further action" determination from Ecology.
Hoffman described the primary contaminant of concern as…
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