Coast Guard to Detail Proposed Soil Cleanup at Washington’s Point No Point Light Station

Coast Guard to Detail Proposed Soil Cleanup at Washington’s Point No Point Light Station

The U.S. Coast Guard is inviting the public to a Sept. 21 open house to talk about potential efforts to clean up lead-contaminated soil at the Point No Point Light Station in Hansville, Wash. The Coast Guard performed a site assessment in 2018 and said that it found “elevated concentrations of lead in the soil around the perimeter of the four existing light station buildings” that likely stem from the use of lead-based paint on the buildings. The agency is expected to lead the soil cleanup that is set to start in early 2024 and take about a month to…
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