October 25, 2007 - New England Gas Co. is pointing fingers at many others for the contamination of the Bay Street neighborhood in Tiverton. In a lawsuit, the company claims it is not responsible for the contamination of some 50 acres of residential property, and if forced to pay damages, it should be reimbursed by other parties, including the town.
The company has at least four lawsuits pending against it in federal court filed by residents of the Bay Street area, who maintain that waste from the Fall River Gas Co.'s coal gasification plant was dumped in their neighborhood decades ago and has caused them physical, emotional and financial harm.
The waste found in the soil in the Bay Street area contains arsenic, cyanide, lead and petroleum-based pollutants at levels that exceed safe standards. The cost to clean up the area has been estimated between $30 million and $55 million
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Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
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