Cleanup of old glass plant to be completed by ´09

Vice Mayor B.K. Vanhorn says the site of an old glass plant in Clarksburg has huge potential for redevelopment.

But a cleanup of the former Adamston Flat Glass plant property has to be completed first.

Tests conducted by the state Department of Environmental Protection found suspected arsenic, lead and other semi-volatile organic compounds at the site.

Pasupathy Ramanan, the DEP´s project manager for the site, says he expects the voluntary remediation to be completed in 2008. The agency then will issue a certification of completion.

Clarksburg City Manager Martin Howe says the city is marketing the site. He says the certificate will show banking institutions that it is safe to finance a purchase of the property.