Historical April–May 2022 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
The January February issue of Times had a report on the SDCC January 2022 board meeting.
It contained misinformation about the 6001 Westminster Place lot on which I previously intended to build four universal design condos for seniors: “Nearby residents are concerned about contamination that might occur during removal of two buried gasoline tanks … adjacent to other residential properties” 1. No (zero) underground storage tanks (USTs) have been found on the lot. Three Phase 2 environmental site assessments were ordered by the MO Dep’t of Natural Resources to determine contamination after use by gas stations until about 1980.
The lot was surveyed with magnetometers and ground penetrating radar. DNR “would not expect them” (the tops) “to be more than six feet below the surface”.
The tank(s) may have been removed when Bob’s Sunoco changed to a car repair garage, or when that building was torn down (no city records have been found re tank removal or a building demolition permit). 2.
The allegations of possible contamination during lot remediation were voiced and refuted in 2019. Remediation of former gas station sites is performed by specialized licensed professional remediation contractors under the supervision of the MO Dep’t of Natural Resources. Safety techniques include wetting the soil to prevent dust. Any contaminated dirt (tested during remediation) is hauled away by covered trucks and dumped at specialized landfills.
If the 6001 Westminster lot had been remediated, the fire hydrant on the edge of the property would have supplied sufficient water to prevent dust from forming. UST gas tanks were removed and the soil remediated at six former gas station sites in our neighborhood all adjacent to residential properties apparently without dust or contamination complaints by adjacent neighbors (there are 24 sites within a half mile).
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, April–May 2022.
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