Army Corps testing finds elevated metals in Pea Creek, pausing dam removal work
An Army Corps phase‑2 environmental assessment detected elevated levels of heavy metals at multiple Pea Creek testing sites, officials said; Corps work to remove a low‑head dam is paused while the town, Corps, EPA and DEQ evaluate remediation needs and funding options.
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Austin Painter, the town’s project manager, told the Pulaski Town Council that a phase‑2 environmental site assessment on Pea Creek showed elevated concentrations of heavy metals at five sampled locations, with contaminant levels increasing downstream near former industrial sites. “The results were not what we were hoping,” Painter said, adding that highlighted values in the report exceed Corps thresholds used to proceed with dam‑removal work.
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