Chestertown’s utility manager Bob Sipes once again showed his concern at the Maryland Department of the Environment’s process to clean up a 30-year oil spill near the former Chester River Hospital at last night’s Town Council meeting.
Citing data that indicated that elements of oil are still being found outside the monitoring sites selected by MDE, Sipes expressed frustration that the agency’s current plan for oil remediation does not accurately account for the total amount of oil that remains in the contaminated area.
Sipes also made mention of the fact that there is still evidence of Ivey-sol, an organic substance being tested to absorb the remaining oil, in the nearby groundwater, which contradicted MDE’s claims that after treatment there would be no trace of the cleaning material left in the ground.
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Stephan Sonn says
Cant fix this thing on the fly or on the cheap as long as the present management is in charge.
I begin to wonder that science has cures that will always be deemed unattainable by whoever pays the bill.
Seems like all of human survival is locked in a downriver sludge basin, even tiny Chestertown.