Rachel Blakeslee
184:52 - 185:19
"So you could fit— you could fill it versus actually taking all that material, hauling it away to a whole other state. So while there aren't landfills to dispose of the PCBs, you could have a much cheaper option by leaving it in place, capping it, and burying it."
“So you could fit— you could fill it versus actually taking all that material, hauling it away to a whole other state. So while there aren't landfills to dispose of the PCBs, you could have a much cheaper option by leaving it in place, capping it, and burying it.”
- Speaker
- Rachel Blakeslee
- Timestamp
- 184:52 – 185:19
- Community
- Alaska News
- Location
- Anchorage
- Captured at
- August 18, 2026
From the transcript
If an approved engineering cap is constructed. So you could fit— you could fill it versus actually taking all that material, hauling it away to a whole other state. So while there aren't landfills to dispose of the PCBs, you could have a much cheaper option by leaving it in place, capping it, and burying it. So that's why I'm asking about the PCB levels, because that would be a significant savings in parts per million. I think at this point, actually, we're talking about $800,000 or $900,000.
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