Remediation activities on Hoyt Island. (Norwalk Land Trust)
NORWALK, Conn. The Norwalk Land Trust is seeking $200,000 of City funds to clean up contamination on Hoyt Island.
“This is a huge, huge project for us, we need help. And you guys have always been a been there for us when we needed help,” Norwalk Land Trust fundraising chairperson Midge Kennedy said to the Conservation Commission recently.
Although the Land Trust got a $100,000 grant from the State in 2018, through State Senate Majority Leader Bob Duff (D-25), the costs to clean up asbestos and PCBs (Polychlorinated Biphenyl) have escalated, Norwalk Land Trust Board President Seeley Hubbard said. Toxic materials are there in “heavier concentrations than we thought were possible” and it’s estimated that $300,000 is needed to remediate in accordance with Environmental Protection Agency and Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) guidelines.