The final plan is similar to the ’06 proposal. The top four feet of contaminated dirt around the houses would be replaced with clean topsoil. According to a 2003 consent order, Olin Corp. (which absorbed the Winchester gun factory that had used the neighborhood as a dumping ground) and the state are financially on the hook for the residential portion, the town of Hamden is responsible for two parks, and the Regional Water Authority for the old middle school on Newhall Street. The total package rings in around $70 million, says Schain, who estimated $60 million would go to the 226-plus homes.
Water Contamination, Land Pollution & Hazardous Waste Material are issues families all across America are afflicted with daily.
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Residents concerned about cleanup plan in Hamden, CT neighborhood
October 11, 2007 - "It’s a waste of time. It’s the same old thing in a new bottle," he says, comparing the new cleanup plan with the DEP proposal presented in August 2006. "Just the labels have been changed." Hamid’s Augur Street home is one of 226 on the DEP’s cleanup list. Another 22 properties need "further evaluation," says Dennis Schain, DEP spokesman. (The contamination of lead and waste byproducts was discovered in 2000.)
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