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Tuesday, October 31, 2006
Odor delays tribal site cleanup, doubles cost
TULALIP -- Another delay has been announced in the cleanup of a World War II-era chemical weapons storage and training site on the Tulalip Indian Reservation, and the estimated cost has doubled.
Crews from the Army Corps of Engineers began excavating and removing contaminated soil and toxic material in May at a site near Quil Ceda Village, the tribe's retail center along Interstate 5, but the work was halted in August after three workers noticed an unusual odor.
All three were checked at a hospital and none was injured, but the episode was enough for authorities to order that a new safety plan be drafted and that process is taking longer than expected, corps spokesman Steve Cosgrove said.
As a result, Cosgrove said, cleanup of the 2,000-acre site probably won't resume until December, and the estimated cost has gone from $2 million to $4 million.
Cosgrove said the work would not threaten the health or safety of nearby workers and residents.
Federal officials remain unsure what is present at the site but know that the chemicals once stored there include tear gas, hydrogen cyanide and a liquid form of mustard gas.
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