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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMiscellaneous Miscellaneous 4/19/2000 manager for DEQ's Western Region office, said. "We don't,know what the extent and magni- tude and nature of the contamination at the stave is," Belyea said: "We don't know if it's asso- . dated with the entire 1-1/2 miles of the stave: Eveo.ifthere is contamination around the stave at 14th Street, or lOth Street, or Fifth Street or at the' outfall, we doo'tknow if it's the same, as the contamination around the stave at Springfield Rentals. We don't know if there's other hot spots Soil unearthed around a wooden stave drain- along the stav,e. That's why we're asking pipe at' Springfield Rentals in February contains Springfield to investigate." ' highlevelsofninecarc~n6geniccompoundslan Belyea added: "We don't know if the trench Oregon Department of Environmental Quality was lined with wood preserVatives or if the official said last week. stave was soak~d in wood preservatives or And it's unlikely that the contamination orig- soaked in oil. so we need to find out what are ina~ed on the property, he said. the risks associated with the 'stave and soil in- Solvents analyzed in soil samples from, that area." . around the drainpipe don't match anything the The underground wooden pipe runs from agency found at Springfield Rentals,' Dave near 22ild Street to drain into the Millrace 'm,," """~WOO", ~R(~f.'iVE' D""""' ~'" wo. ""ffi",,"C '0~ _~.'~n.___ .,' .__ '___'-"'-'-'--'-'-,---===~.:!~::-=====:--::---=-::-:_---==::--:. ,_ -,---- -.~~..'--. IT 7f -_~~-~,~=~-=-=_. . . '-C;;PI}!1 By: . DEQ officials say this contamination is different than gasoline tank leaks found previously at same site BY TIM SHINABARGER News Staff Writer _ '.';-.'___~:'-::-_ . --.-=--":..;=;::1lJ::-'~ ~~:::..:'. ~.,-~- -,--,--,------~-----,--.----- Turn to Toxins, Page 4A ""'7'......-.".....;,..-~......--..~::":':~'-.=---=-~'-':""';~ . Damian MlIlin;x/N~ws Start Pnotographer Marlon Coffman stands on the site where he accidentally came upon a drain system from the early 1900s. He had planned on constructing a new building for his business, Springfield Rentals, but with the contam' inants found those plans are now on hold. Toxins ~antinued fram page lA around the stave drain "and all kinds of junk dfained into our property," Marion Coffman, Springfield Rentals' g~neral manager, said Tues,day. . "]fit gets in people's water system, they're going to have big problems," Coffman said. "If it spreads into 'the rest of our property, we're going to have poilu. tion that the city already doesn't want to clean up." The city is avoiding the problem, he said. '''It's their contamination," Coffman said. 'If the drainpipe isn't necessary, the city needs to fill it up with rocks or clean it up, he said. "We contacted the DEQ the minute we heard about the. situation. and ~e're still waiting for a heads. up from them," Rosie Pryor, communications director for Spri)1gfield, said Tuesday.. "Once they come over and do a field investigation, they'll let us know what the situation is and what, if any, respon- sibility the city of Springfield has." . Site assessment won't happen until DEQ staff get a break from other projects, probably \vithin the next four weeks, Keith Andersen, DEQ Western Regioil cleanup program manager, said Tuesday.