May 15, 2009- A $200,000 grant from the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation is designed to help clean up polluted soil at The Steel Yard, the complex off Valley Street that houses a trade school and artists’ studios.
Like the owners of most former industrial properties, the founders of The Steel Yard inherited contaminated dirt when they bought the Providence Steel and Iron building, at 27 Sims Ave., in 2001.
Nick Bauta and Clay Rockefeller excavated, treated and removed the most spoiled soil, which was tainted with lead from the paint used on steel beams. Cement was later added to less hazardous soil to prevent lead from leaching into ground water.
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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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