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John Cole

June 28, 2017 06:47PM

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Stan Fischer Wrote:
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> I've read stories of abandoned shops and
> roundhouses where the dirt was so contaminated
> with lubricants they had to get earth movers to
> dig it up before they could legally sell the
> property.

The Southern Pacific Locomotive works had contaminated the soil under the Sacramento shops that they had to dig down something like 100 feet to get to the bottom of the plume.

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