Contaminated soil found during construction of a new county transfer station will cost the county $24,060 more than originally anticipated for the project.
Refuse director Bud Druse alerted county commissioners to diesel contamination in February. At that time, no one knew how the problem would be resolved.
Now that Kansas Department of Health and Environment has assessed the contamination, it recommends the soil, which was excavated and piled southeast of the transfer station, be turned weekly to aerate it until the diesel fuel is cleared.
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(Read more: Marion County RECORD)