Toxic soil cleared from former sugar mill site

By Rosemarie Bernardo

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Oct 02, 2012

~~<p>The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state Health Department have completed removal of toxic soil at a Kilauea neighborhood on Kauai, the agencies announced Monday.</p>
<p>Crews removed more than 814 tons of contaminated soil from a site once used as a pesticide mixing and storage area at the Kilauea Sugar Mill, which shut down in 1971 after 94 years in operation.</p>
~~

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and state Health Department have completed removal of toxic soil at a Kilauea neighborhood on Kauai, the agencies announced Monday.

Crews removed more than 814 tons of contaminated soil from a site once used as a pesticide mixing and storage area at the Kilauea Sugar Mill, which shut down in 1971 after 94 years in operation. Login for more...