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Vermont AG settles $2.35M case over hazardous materials. A decade-long dispute concerning a former dry cleaner site in Hartford, VT, has concluded with a $2,350,733 settlement. The agreement, reached with the estate of a former property owner, resolves claims for the remediation of hazardous materials.
The site, at 7 Union Street, had been contaminated with tetrachloroethene, affecting neighboring properties. The Agency of Natural Resources (ANR) conducted initial sampling in the area in 2006 and installed sub-slab depressurization systems in eight homes to divert soil gas vapors away from the indoor air to the outside. ANR will use funds to investigate and mitigate contamination, with property owners granting easements for safety measures.