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Adirondack in Port Kent, N.Y. The Lake Champlain Transportation Company s plan to sink one of its retired car ferries in Burlington Bay foundered this week in the face of rising opposition. Despite winning approval from state environmental regulators, the proposal to scuttle the 108-year-old
Adirondack stirred up fears that the sunken vessel could further pollute the lake. The company and state officials on Tuesday withdrew their joint application for a permit that the state Department of Environmental Conservation had already approved in March. Environmental groups had appealed, raising the prospect of a lengthy legal battle over something the company viewed as a philanthropic endeavor.
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BENNINGTON â The state Department of Environmental Conservation is seeking public comment through April 2 on a draft plan for reclassifying groundwater in a PFAS (poly-fluoroalkyl substances) contamination zone around two former ChemFab Corp. plants as unsuitable for drinking water.
The proposal is related to the consent agreements the state earlier negotiated with Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics to address PFAS pollution of hundreds of wells by funding extension of municipal water lines to affected properties and covering other costs after widespread contamination was discovered through testing in 2016.
Saint-Gobain also agreed to fund a formal petition to the state, prepared by Barr Engineering, with a detailed proposal for reclassification of the groundwater.
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From Robert Frost, to the Revolutionary War and don’t forget, grilled doughnuts Bennington, Vermont has it all Share Updated: 5:02 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
Find a little bit of everything in Bennington, Vermont
From Robert Frost, to the Revolutionary War and don’t forget, grilled doughnuts Bennington, Vermont has it all Share Updated: 5:02 PM EST Feb 5, 2021
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