Congratulations Dave and all the residents of the Harrison Neighborhood! Now we only have 412 sites in the city of Minneapolis to keep our eyes on.
Of those 35 are federal superfund sites, 8 are state superfund sites, and 335 are listed as "Voluntary Investigation and Cleanup" sites. MPCA Data at: http://www.pca.state.mn.us/backyard/neighborhood.html Randall Cutting Seward > Thanks to Gayle Bonneville of the Shoreham committee for letting > us know of the Love Canal activist, Lois Gibbs, talking at > Columbia Grounds on Feb-6. This gives me a segue into a few > comments about the Warden Oil state superfund site in Harrison > at 187 Humboldt Av N. > > I am very pleased to say that the agreement has been signed for > the cleanup of the site to residential standards. The cleanup > is to swing into high gear any week now, and is supposed to be > finished this summer. When completed, the total cost of the > cleanup will be around $1.7 million. A good synopsis of the > cleanup deal can be read at: > http://www.co.hennepin.mn.us/pa/newreleases/03.12.17.wardenoil.htm > > The combined efforts of many people were involved in moving this > issue forward to this promising point. There are probably others, but > of those that I am aware of, I would like to thank: > Fred Campbell & others at MPCA, > David Jaeger, Mark Stenglein & others at Hennepin County, > Harrison Neighborhood Ass'n & the HNA Environment Com., > Tom Leighton & others with the City of Minneapolis, > Bassett Creek Valley Redevelopment Oversight Com. > > Dave Stack, Harrison (where the 'Chemart' state superfund site > is also scheduled to be cleaned up this year) > > > REMINDERS: > 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at > [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the > troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. > > For state and national discussions see: > http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: > http://e-democracy.org/mninteract > ________________________________ > > Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn > E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
