KEOKUK – The city will be receiving a grant of more than $4.485 million for work at the former Elkem-Carbide site on Carbide Lane, it was announced on Monday afternoon.
Keokuk will be receiving a grant of more than $4.485 million for work at the former Elkem-Carbide site on Carbide Lane, it was announced on Monday afternoon.
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Keokuk, IA- The City of Keokuk is getting a nearly $4.5 million grant to clean up a sight where heavy metals were produced for decades. Radio Iowa reports that the vacant site, which covers nine-point-six acres, is on a road called Carbide Lane in Keokuk. Zinc and lead were originally produced there, then in 1929 carbon was combined with other metals at the site to make carbide. By the 1950s, production shifted to carbon products. Operations at the site ended in 2007. According to the E-P-A, the site is contaminated with hydrocarbons, heavy metals, inorganic materials and man-made organic chemicals called P-C-Bs. The mayor of Keokuk says the grant will be used to address those pollutants and to create new opportunities for development. The City of Waterloo is getting a $1 million EPA grant to clean up several sites, including former industrial locations along Waterloo's riverfront that can be used for housing and other projects.