Excavation to Resume at the Saint Albans Gas and Light Location in Vermont

(Boston, Massachusetts - June 16, 2006) - E.P.A. will begin work next week to remove contaminated soil from 2 residential properties located on Maple Street where the former Saint Albans Gas and Light Company was once located in Saint Albans, Vermont.

The location is the former location of the Saint Albans Gas & Light Company, later known as the Vermont Lighting Company, which operated between 1870 and 1953. In 1971, the property was subdivided and developed for residential use.

An E.P.A. investigation of the location in 2004 revealed that elevated levels of PAHs (poly aromatic hydrocarbons) were present in the surface soils. In 2005, E.P.A. removed approximately 2,300 tons of contaminated soil from 2 properties and shipped the soil off-site for disposal at an authorized facility.

Over the next several weeks, E.P.A. contractors will be re-grading and restoring the lawns on the 2 properties that were addressed last season. Concurrently, E.P.A. will excavate contaminated soil from 2 additional residential properties.

Once excavation activities are completed at these properties, they too will be backfilled with clean soil, re-graded and re-vegetated. The cleanup costs for the plan are estimated at $800,000.

More information on the Saint Albans Gas & Light location: http://www.epaosc.org/SaintAlbansGasandLight

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