Daim duab "Ua ntej" daim duab

Ntawm 1917 rau xyoo 1979, lub tuam txhab Koppers tuam txhab uas ua foundry coke thiab ntau yam khoom, xws li thee tars thiab thee tar distillates, ntawm 32 ntawm lub xyoo 200 acres tam sim no hu ua zog Park Lag luam Center. Tu siab 60 xyoo inadequate cia thiab pov tseg tej kev xyaum ua rau cov av thiab groundwater contamination.*

Hauv 1983, lub koom haum tiv thaiv lub koom haum (EPA) tsim lub site ib Superfund, uas lawv txhais li "tej av nyob hauv lub teb chaws As Mes Lis Kas uas tau raug tus kab mob hazardous khib nyiab thiab nrhiav tau los ntawm cov EPA ua ib tus neeg sib tw rau cleanup vim nws poses ib qhov teeb meem rau tib neeg kho mob thiab/los yog lub chaw."

Tsim cov duab tom qab daim duab

Tib lub xyoo, cov neeg dawb huv Paul chaw nres nkoj cai yog nrog tswj lub cleanup. Txoj kev koom tes nrog kev ntsuam xyuas los ntawm cov EPA thiab Minnesota Pollution tswj lub koom haum.

Qhov chaw nres nkoj cai kuj coj cov redevelopment ntawm peb tes num, uas ua rau ib tug mixed-siv lag luam qhov chaw Self chaw ua hauj lwm qhov chaw, charter tsev kawm ntawv, teeb industrial manufacturing chaw thiab ntau tshaj 780 affordable thiab lag luam tus nqi tsev xaiv.

Hnub no muaj cov lag luam 91 hauv lub zog chaw ua hauj lwm center, txhawb 5,400 hauj lwm (3,800 uas yuav tau attributed rau redevelopment) thiab generating $7.1 vam nyob rau hauv cov se txhua xyoo.

*Raws li cov EPA, groundwater kho thiab xyuas tseem nyob rau ntawm qhov chaw hnub no.