Cleanup set at Lincklaen Superfund site
LINCKLAEN – Federal environmental authorities say a $10 million decontamination project is set to begin this month at a former industrial site on Lincklaen Union Valley Road in the Town of Lincklaen.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the work will remove soil containing volatile organic compounds and PCBs from the former Solvent Saver Inc. The company took in industrial solvents and other material between 1967 and 1974 from American Locker Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb, General Electric, International Business Machines, Pass and Seymour and the U.S. Air Force, which are responsible for designing and paying for the cleanup.
The project is expected to take about a year. The EPA will host a public information meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at the town hall, also on Lincklaen Union Valley Road. Lincklaen, population 396, is located about 30 miles northwest of the county’s seat in Norwich.
The EPA superfund site is approximately 50 acres and spans both sides of the road about 200 yards down from where the former town barn was situated before it burned to the ground this year.
The EPA is also designing a project to clean groundwater contaminated by the company’s waste recovery operation.
Lincklaen Supervisor Wayne Outwater said the largest part of the contamination is fenced in on the east side of the road. The EPA’s contracted engineering firm has been operating an ultraviolet light filtration system under the ground via PVC pipes to treat the contamination. He said it’s been going on “for a number of years.”
“They claim it’s pretty clean, but now they have to take the soil offsight,” he said.
As for whether the EPA actually completes a groundwater project is anyone’s guess, the town’s supervisor said, adding that he doubts he will live long enough to see the site restored.
“The longer they stall, the longer they have to upfront the money. A lot of us don’t think that’s going to happen. It’s taken at least five years for them (the engineers) to design the soil removal project and get it approved by the EPA,” Outwater said.
The Environmental Protection Agency said the work will remove soil containing volatile organic compounds and PCBs from the former Solvent Saver Inc. The company took in industrial solvents and other material between 1967 and 1974 from American Locker Group, Bristol-Myers Squibb, General Electric, International Business Machines, Pass and Seymour and the U.S. Air Force, which are responsible for designing and paying for the cleanup.
The project is expected to take about a year. The EPA will host a public information meeting at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 28 at the town hall, also on Lincklaen Union Valley Road. Lincklaen, population 396, is located about 30 miles northwest of the county’s seat in Norwich.
The EPA superfund site is approximately 50 acres and spans both sides of the road about 200 yards down from where the former town barn was situated before it burned to the ground this year.
The EPA is also designing a project to clean groundwater contaminated by the company’s waste recovery operation.
Lincklaen Supervisor Wayne Outwater said the largest part of the contamination is fenced in on the east side of the road. The EPA’s contracted engineering firm has been operating an ultraviolet light filtration system under the ground via PVC pipes to treat the contamination. He said it’s been going on “for a number of years.”
“They claim it’s pretty clean, but now they have to take the soil offsight,” he said.
As for whether the EPA actually completes a groundwater project is anyone’s guess, the town’s supervisor said, adding that he doubts he will live long enough to see the site restored.
“The longer they stall, the longer they have to upfront the money. A lot of us don’t think that’s going to happen. It’s taken at least five years for them (the engineers) to design the soil removal project and get it approved by the EPA,” Outwater said.
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