Byford waste will be sent to Oregon landfill
The state will start moving the waste this week.
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Tag: contaminated soil
State finalizing Byford junkyard clean-up plans.
The state came to Wrangell earlier this year to assess other on-island sites, but said none fit the bill.
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What to do with 18,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil?
The Wrangell Cooperative Association has six months to find $12 million to ship 18,500 cubic yards of lead-contaminated dirt out of Wrangell. If it doesn’t, the state will truck the dirty soil to a local hazardous waste site it says can hold the material safely for hundreds of years.
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Forest Service could delay contaminated soil storage plan
The U.S. Forest Service could put the brakes on a state plan to store contaminated soil near a Wrangell recreation area.
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