Sunday, June 17, 2012

MORE FMC-RELATED SOIL EXCAVATION PROPOSED

The Buffalo News reports the following...


Another round of soil excavations is being proposed for the village, the state Department of Environmental Conservation announced this week.

The DEC’s plan calls for removing soil contaminated with arsenic from 181 properties, including the Royalton-Hartland Central School campus.
The source of the arsenic is the FMC Corp. agricultural chemical plant. FMC is paying the entire cost of the cleanup.


Read the entire article -- which looks at the pollution issue and the public comment period -- here: