Boone County —
Petroleum contamination beneath the Boone County 4-H Fairgrounds and an abandoned gas station nearby will be removed in an effort expected to take five years.
Most of the contamination is concentrated under the former Sunoco station, 2065 Indianapolis Avenue, according to studies done by ACT Associates Inc.
A plume of benzene and other by-produces that leaked from the station’s underground storage tanks extends as far as a sidewalk and parking lot north of the Indiana Farm Bureau Community Building. The plume, which comes as close as four feet to the surface, covers about four-tenths of an acre.
Morgan Saltsgiver of ACT told County Attorney Bob Clutter in a letter that the company will begin pumping contaminated water, and chemical vapors, out of the soil, he said Tuesday.
For more of the story, see The Lebanon Reporter or subscribe to the eEdition.
Conn. Commuter Trains Collide; 60 Go to Hospital
Coffee Run Leads to Hatchet Hitchhiker Arrest
Fmr. IRS Head Insists No Politics in Targeting
CDC: Fecal Bacteria Common in Swimming Pools
$1 Million in Jewels Stolen at Cannes Film Fest
NM Mom Chases Down Child Abductor
Raw: Crash Sends Car Into Fla. Pool
Raw: Obama Sits Down With Elementary Kids
Raw: Bear Falls From Tampa Tree
Ousted IRS Chief: Errors Not Caused by Politics
Terror Suspect Due in Court in Idaho Friday
Raw: Driver Ejected From Truck, Over Bridge
Could Tobacco Be the Next Biofuel?
Wash. State Releases Draft Rules for Legal Pot
Dying Man's Blinks Lead to Murder Conviction
Officials: Texas Tornado Likely Had 200 Mph Wind
Brothers Arrested in NOLA Parade Shooting
Raw: School Bus Crash Injures Five Children
Quick Response Saved Baby on Phila. Train Tracks
One Million Evacuated As Cyclone Hits Bangladesh
