Trustees face questioning on Power Plant 2 situation by Jim Golding director, later told The Leader that construction had never started and that PCBs were discovered but are being removed. According to a press release from the village, "pre-construction activities at the Power Plant 2 site have included routine pre-construction borings, and the development of a Soil Management Plan for the construction site. The Soil Management Plan was designed to be more extensive' than the constructor's routine, boring plan based on the first identification of PCBs on the PP2 site in 1993." The release also said low level concentrations of PCBs were discovered within the top 24 inches of soil in 1993 while soil borings for the then-proposed PP2 Oil Spill Containment system were being conducted. "The 1993 measurements led the village and NYSDEC to cooperatively develop a mitigation plan that capped and maintained all soil on site," the press release noted. The press release also noted that the PP2 project specifications required all fill associated with the new construction to remain on site and to be covered with soil. In general, analysis of the soil borings demonstrated concentrations similar to the original 1993 readings. However, several locations showed higher concentrations than expected and higher than the regulatory action threshold of lOppm. Further, cen-, centrations were identified in one limited area which require soil removal and dis-
Despite persistent grilling from Stewart Lilker, Village board members would not confirm his assertions that the state Department of Environmental Conservation ordered a halt to construction on the new Power Plant 2 because PCBs were discovered tn soil samples, and that a 20-foot high by 100-foot long mound of dirt containing PCBs lies on the southwest corner of the site. However, in speaking with Hub Bianco of Freeport Electric, there is no mound of dirt; there is a pile of stones which have nothing to do with PCB concentrations. The PCB materials on site have not been excavated yet. Speaking during the public comment portion of the meeting, Mr. Lilker said the PCBs could pose a health danger to fishing as a result of runoff into the nearby canal. He repeatedly stated his incredulity that trustees apparently did not know of the situation concerning the power plant. Resident Vincent Greco also raised the issue of PCBs at the plant and expressed similar fears about their effect on the fishing and clamming industries. "We're not aware that it was shut down," Deputy Mayor Renaire Frierson-Davis responded to Mr. Lilker. She presided over Monday's meeting in place of Mayor William F. Glacken, who was attending a meeting of the American Public Power Association in Washington. Pat Murphy, Village communications
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