EPA Soil Remediation Approval

Municipal Improvements

“No action, other than the making of studies or surveys,

shall be taken by the Board of Education on any proposal

involving major redesign of public real property, including schools,

until such proposal has been submitted to and approved by

the Planning and Zoning Commission.”

Sec. 99. Greenwich Town Charter

No Soil Remediation Proposal at Greenwich High School was either submitted to, or approved by, the Planning and Zoning Commission.

Until a soil remediation proposal is submitted to and approved by P&Z, The Greenwich Board of Education cannot hold public meetings to consider “options”; cannot present proposals to US-EPA, US-ACE, CT-DEEP, or any other public agency; cannot agree to deed restrictions at 10 Hillside Road; cannot commence remediation in the “MISA Footprint”; cannot seek bids; cannot sign contracts; cannot issue bonds; cannot test; cannot

  reopen and 

declare the campus "safe"; … in short, BOE cannot do any of the things it has already done with regard to GHS Soil Remediation, and is planning to continue in the future, pursuant to an EPA approval BOE had no right to seek or accept in the absence of prior P&Z approval.

The EPA approval, according to its terms, cannot be accepted, and must be revoked.  Pursuant to EPA regulations, all work at Greenwich High School must stop; no one is permitted on site without protective clothing; all

  individuals, 

vehicles and construction equipment entering and exiting the site must be decontaminated.

Bill Effros

Bill@Effros.com