State backs off controversial plan for PFOA-tainted soil

BENNINGTON — Water line construction to bypass widespread PFOA contamination of private wells has begun in Bennington and North Bennington.The Agency of Natural Resources said Thursday it no longer intends todeposit PFOA-contaminated soils from the project along the Route 279 right of way, describing that option as “a last resort.”
Construction has begun to extend municipal water lines in Bennington to address PFOA contamination of wells around former ChemFab plants. Photo cour