The US Environmental Protection Agency has selected the remediation plan it wants used to clean up the contaminated Consolidated Iron and Metal site in Newburgh and the actual remediation should commence some time in the near future.

The EPA Tuesday announced it was ready to move forward with the plan that includes excavation and off-site disposal of site soils with high lead content and back filling with clean fill, said EPA spokesman Ben Barry.

“That is now the preferred remedy that we are going to perform at the site, and hopefully this will be an effective way to deal with the contamination and we will continue to monitor the ground water to make sure the actual removal of the soil doesn’t impact that water,” he said.

The site, along the Newburgh waterfront of the Hudson River, tested positive for PCBs and other contaminants.

A 2002 clean up of the former junk yard site included the removal of 32 truckloads of tires, 58 truckloads of scrap metal, 280 tons of concrete, 2,000 tons of lead-hazardous soils and debris and the demolition and removal of an office building and three process buildings. Approximately 28,000 gallons of hydraulic oil was pumped and removed from the metal shear building basement.

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