Tacoma Smelter Plume: Neighborhood Meeting About Vassault Park Cleanup This Monday

By Diana Smith, Public Involvement Coordinator, Toxics Cleanup Program

This summer, the Tacoma Smelter Plume - Soil Safety Program will be cleaning up Vassault Park to remove arsenic and lead soil contamination from the former Asarco copper smelter. Metro Parks Tacoma will coordinate drainage improvements during the cleanup work.

Neighborhood Meeting

We are holding a neighborhood meeting to talk about cleanup and drainage improvement plans:

Monday, May 19, 6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Tacoma Police Substation at Kandle Park, 5140 N 26th St., Tacoma

6:00 - 6:30 p.m. Open house session
6:30 - 7:15 p.m. Presentation, question and answer
7:15 - 7:30 p.m. Open house session

Questions about the cleanup?

• Read the fact sheet with more information about the cleanup work.
• Contact Ecology project manager John Zinza at (360) 407-6249 or John.Zinza@ecy.wa.gov.
• Contact Metro Parks project manager Roger Stanton at (253) 305-1082 or RogerS@tacomaparks.com.

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