The town is setting aside more than $6 million to help clean up the contamination from the fill pile scandal around town as remediation costs continue to rise. The $6.3 million comes from a surplus of approximately $9.3 million in the 2020-2021 budget, officials said, which was much higher than usual because revenue that year was more than budgeted. Julian Enterprises is accused of dumping contaminated material into the fill pile on the town’s property on Richard White Way, which was shut down in 2016 when lead and polychlorinated biphenyls, or PCBs, were found. Kupchick said more than 50 contaminated sites connected to the fill pile have been identified throughout town. “The cost to remove and dispose of the contaminated fill is looking to be in the range of $2.5 million,” Kupchick said, adding the pavilion was also constructed in violation of FEMA regulations during the prior administration.
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