[CPEO-MEF] FORMER SITES: Final season of asbestos cleanup underway at North Ridge Estates (OR)

[Lenny Siegel]

Final season of asbestos cleanup underway at North Ridge Estates


by Lyle Ahrens 
KOTI-TV NBC2 (Klamath Falls, OR)
April 11, 2018

Klamath Falls, Ore. – A 40 million dollar project to clean up an asbestos contaminated subdivision in Klamath Falls is nearing completion.

Cleanup efforts are in high gear at North Ridge Estates.

“We started construction on the last season of our work here at North Ridge Estates.”  Notes Linda Meyer of the US Environmental Protection Agency.  “Season 3, we’ll be finishing up excavation, and restoring all the properties and getting them ready to sell.”

Improper demolition on a former military barracks resulted in asbestos contamination on over 170 acres.

The contamination wasn’t discovered until more than two dozen high-end homes were built on the site.

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For the entire story, see
https://kobi5.com/news/regional-news/final-season-of-asbestos-cleanup-underway-at-north-ridge-estates-75369/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org