EPA overseeing cleanup of Hillside property

The federal Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing the cleanup of what was at one time an unregistered junkyard on Hillside Avenue in Berlin. (BARBARA TETREAULT PHOTO) 

BERLIN — The federal Environmental Protection Agency is overseeing the cleanup of the Lavoie property at 640 Hillside Ave., and site preparation is underway to allow the removal of contaminated soils.

EPA On-Site Coordinator Tom Condon briefed the Berlin City Council Monday night on the history of the site and the process to mitigate the risk to the environment and to public health.

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