on Brockport soil clean-up More than three truckloads of contaminated soil were hauled away from a Lyman Street backyard when cleanup began in Brockport, September 24. Following more than three years of testing, lawsuits and designs of clean up plans, the first steps in the removal of hazardous waste was undertaken. Excavation will either dig up or flush out more than a mile of creek and storm sewers. In July, GE/Black & Decker and 3M/Dynacolor signed a formal agreement that outlined the specifics of the clean up plan of contaminated soil in the village. The final result of the clean up, Frank Ricotta of the DEC said, would be for the land to be zoned for unrestricted residential use. Testing showed that contaminants in the creek sediment, adjoining soils and storm sewers contained PCBs, silver and cyanide. The chemicals migrated from Oxford and State Streets from property formerly owned by General Electric, Black & Decker and 3M. Most of the work will be concentrated around Tributary 3 of Brockport Creek. The creek runs through the neighborhoods north of the Erie Canal. 3M/Dynacolor plans to remove contaminated soil along the tributary while GE’s plans call for the removal of soils from nine residential properties north of the former facility at 200 State Street. The properties included in the clean up are on East Avenue, Frazier Street, Keable Court, Lyman Street and Victory Drive. Also included in the plans are cleaning and replacing of storm sewer piping. Clean up will take about eight to 12 weeks to complete, officials said. |
