By AKIKO MATSUDA of The Journal News
TOMKINS COVE – Contamination has been found beneath a coal ash pile at the former Lovett power plant along the Hudson River.
The state Department of Conservation reported the findings in a letter sent to Mirant, currently known as GenOn, which owns the property where the generating station was located. But the state agency also said residents do not need to worry (Well, we’ve heard that one before, now haven’t we? – Hudson).
The findings were based on a May 15, 2010, report prepared by HDR, an engineering firm, on behalf of Mirant Lovett LLC.
Back in 2009, Stony Point town officials had requested that Mirant test the site and for the state agency to review the results, saying that they had to know the condition beneath the coal pile at the Lovett site after Mirant removed the coal that was stored there.
The DEC letter dated Oct. 5 stated that a plume of groundwater contaminated with chemical elements such as sulfate, boron, selenium and arsenic was seen south of the former coal storage pile area toward the Tilcon quarry. Soil contamination with toxic materials as well as petroleum-related contamination with groundwater also was found under the Tilcon mine dewatering system, the letter said.
Stephen Cole-Hatchard, who is running for Town Board, has criticized Stony Point Supervisor William Sherwood, saying that he didn’t share the letter with other Town Board members at the Oct. 11 Town Board meeting.
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