Jim Anderson
226:40 - 227:31
"they went back and validated that, uh, anything 10 parts per million is over the ADEC limit, which would be what's in the current slab. The water level in the area, um, right at the slab is between 3 and 5 feet... they feel somewhat doubtful that now that we have raised it and we know that it has PCBs, that they would allow us to bury it and leave it in contact with the groundwater."
“they went back and validated that, uh, anything 10 parts per million is over the ADEC limit, which would be what's in the current slab. The water level in the area, um, right at the slab is between 3 and 5 feet... they feel somewhat doubtful that now that we have raised it and we know that it has PCBs, that they would allow us to bury it and leave it in contact with the groundwater.”
- Speaker
- Jim Anderson
- Timestamp
- 226:40 – 227:31
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
Um, they went back and validated that, uh, anything 10 parts per million is over the ADEC limit, which would be what's in the current slab. The water level in the area, um, right at the slab is between 3 and 5 feet. Which means 3 to 5 feet below the ground, there's active groundwater that can go into subsurface drainages. So they feel somewhat doubtful that now that we have raised it and we know that it has PCBs, that they would allow us to bury it and leave it in contact with the groundwater. Um, they're, they're extremely doubtful that we would be able to knowingly put PCB contaminated and just cover it and bury it and pretend it wasn't there.
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