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Oil spill clean up to begin
Banner Daily Update posted Sun. Oct. 14
By Pru Sowers
Banner Staff
PROVINCETOWN – A decade-old oil spill that came to light as a result of sewer construction on Winthrop Street will be cleaned up by Cape Cod Oil, according to department of public works director David Guertin.
A meeting last week between the environmental engineer in charge of the spill, which occurred in 1997 when a reported 50 gallons of fuel oil spilled during a transfer to a Cape Cod Oil delivery truck, and the town resolved the question of who will bear the cost of the clean up. Cape Cod Oil will work with Metcalf & Eddy, the engineering firm overseeing construction of Phase 2 of the town’s sewer project, to remove the contaminated soil. Cape Cod Oil is in the process of contracting with a local construction company to help with the clean up, Guertin said.
While a final clean-up plan is still being finalized and it is unknown how much oil remains in the ground as a result of the 1997 spill, Guertin said it will likely not delay the sewer project for very long.
“It will be a slight delay but not one in which we would incur any costs,” he said. “Our job is to mitigate [financial] exposure [to the town] and make sure there are no delays.”
For the full story, see the Oct. 18 Provincetown Banner.
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