Press release:
The EPA has reviewed the sample results for the contents of 80 out of about 240 drums of soil and rock material from the Lehigh Valley Railroad Derailment Superfund site.
The December 1970 derailment resulted in the release of liquid trichloroethene (TCE) and cyanide crystals. The material in the 80 drums was tested for these and other contaminants. This information is being used to determine whether the material is hazardous and what type of permitted facility the drums can be taken to for disposal.
In all cases, the results indicate that the materials in the drums are non-hazardous. TCE was detected in one drum, at a concentration of 0.2 parts per million (ppm), which is below health-based levels. There were no detectable levels of cyanide in any of the drums.
Analyses of the contents from the rest of the drums is ongoing and we will make results available. The drums will be taken to a permitted facility.
If the drums don't contain
If the drums don't contain hazardous material then why do they need to take them to another facility for disposal?
Just dump them out and level the soil.
The EPA is all over it.........40 years later.
Disposing of the soil
Disposing of the soil elsewhere, if nothing else, would help rid the community of something that has caused a lot of strife. And as for the EPA being all over this matter some 40 years later, that's one of the prime benefits of the media's harsh spotlight. It can galvanize people, politicians and bureaucrats to take action now instead of living on Tulsa time, AKA el manana, AKA "when we get to it."
Well put Billie.
Well put Billie.
I plan on buying some topsoil
I plan on buying some topsoil this Summer. Personally, I'd like to have it ordered to my home just to make a point but I'm afraid it contains stones and quality less than topsoil quality. Obvviously, noting chemically wrong with it. This entire thing is starting to all come into a very good focus and is calming the waters.