TLA-Holbrook will continue to push for its Holbrook Regional Trash Transfer Station and state that the wetlands it abuts are clean and safe. Consider, however, what the EPA has said about the wetlands and their relationship to the Baird-McGuire site:
"The groundwater discharge is believed to be partially responsible for contamination of Cochato River sediments and adjoining wetlands."
A total of 4,712 cubic yards of contaminated sediment were removed from the river. Annual sampling of the river sediments and five-year sampling of fish in the River and in Sylvan Lake will continue for 30 years to ensure that contaminant levels do not increase, the EPA has reported.
Why wouldn't construction activity for the trash transfer site stir up the sediments that are part of the contamination? EPA investigations state that "site contaminants were being effectively trapped in river sediments and were not migrating down-river."
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