Raytheon: Tampa plant cleanup will take 78 years
Posted: Tue Mar 02, 2010 2:03 pm
ST. PETERSBURG - Homeowners surrounding the now-shuttered Raytheon defense plant may not live long enough to see their neighborhood rid of the industrial pollution that's been creeping under parks, playgrounds and homes for decades.
In a new report, Raytheon's environmental consultant Arcadis says it will take as long as 78 years to cleanup the last of an underground mess that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has known about since 1991.
Neighbors were already angry when the company said last year it would take more than 25 years to clean up the toxic waste plume that has polluted dozes of irrigation wells in their neighborhood.
"Some people are so frightened and disgusted they've literally walked away from their homes and their mortgages," said Dominic Griesi, president of the Azalea Homeowners Association.
Griesi is one of the litigants in a federal class action lawsuit filed against Raytheon.
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In a new report, Raytheon's environmental consultant Arcadis says it will take as long as 78 years to cleanup the last of an underground mess that the Florida Department of Environmental Protection has known about since 1991.
Neighbors were already angry when the company said last year it would take more than 25 years to clean up the toxic waste plume that has polluted dozes of irrigation wells in their neighborhood.
"Some people are so frightened and disgusted they've literally walked away from their homes and their mortgages," said Dominic Griesi, president of the Azalea Homeowners Association.
Griesi is one of the litigants in a federal class action lawsuit filed against Raytheon.
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