Removal of Polluted Soil in California 'Shell Pond' Set to Start

April 22, 2015- More than two years after an aborted attempt to clean up the old "Shell Pond" along Suisun Bay in California, PG&E will soon begin removing 8,400 tons of dredged polluted soil from land adjacent to the pond on the community's north edge, with a goal of starting cleanup of the 73-acre pond itself in 2017.

The utility is to remove soil containing petroleum hydrocarbons ("carbon black"), metals and other compounds dredged in 2012 from the waste pond about three-quarters of a mile north of Willow Pass Road along the waterfront and truck it two miles to the Keller Canyon landfill. Work will take three months.

PG&E will pay to restore the area to as close to the surrounding area as possible. That work will include restoration of native grasses and other plant species indigenous to the wetlands area.
Cleanup of the pond itself could involve using plants whose roots absorb the pollutants.

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