Ameren pleased with gas plant site investigation
By Mike Monson
Tuesday September 9, 2008
Vanda Bidwell
Lisa Bradley, a senior toxicologist with ENSR of Westford, Mass., a consultant hired by Ameren, speaks during an open house Monday at Booker T. Washington Elementary School in Champaign. Ameren held an open house at the school to present results from a site investigation report about the contaminated former manufactured gas plant site at Fifth and Hill streets. Experts gave formal briefings, and neighbors asked questions.
CHAMPAIGN – Contamination from a former manufactured gas plant at Fifth and Hill streets has spread off site in all four directions, but generally by less than 100 feet and only 150 feet at its furthest point, according to AmerenIP.
Ameren officials said they were pleased with the findings of their latest site investigation report, which came after they drilled 45 new soil borings around and on the 3.5-acre site this past April and May. Results showed that the contamination has not spread far and most of it is at least three feet underground, where the public is less likely to be exposed through inhalation of dust or direct contact with soil, said Brian Martin, an Ameren consulting environmental scientist.
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