[CPEO-BIF] Solar electrical resistance heating at Davis, California brownfield

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

EPA looks to the heavens to help clean up Davis brownfield site

Central Valley Business Times
February 23, 2011

DAVIS  - An electrical resistance heating system partially funded by  
the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act has gone online to help  
shave about 120 years off the time it will take to clean up a toxic  
waste site in Davis.

The solar-powered equipment will reduce the projected timeline to  
clean up the Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site from 150 years to 30  
years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says.

"For the first time ever, solar will provide all of the power for a  
Superfund groundwater cleanup," says Jared Blumenfeld, EPA's regional  
administrator for the Pacific Southwest. "Our goal should be to clean  
the environment in the greenest way possible - and this new treatment  
plant sets the benchmark for future actions."

More than $2.5 million dollars in stimulus funding has gone to recent  
improvements at the site. By installing solar panels and starting the  
new system, the site will lower overall energy costs by $15,000 a  
year and reduce CO2 emissions by more than 54 metric tons a year, the  
EPA says.
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For the entire article, see
http://www.centralvalleybusinesstimes.com/stories/001/?ID=17716

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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