State revises plan to deposit PFOA-laced soils

BENNINGTON — Citing neighborhood opposition, state environmental officials have formally backed off a plan to dump PFOA-contaminated soil in the Route 279 right-of-way corridor.
The excess soil — up to 44,000 cubic yards of it — comes from ongoing projects to extend municipal water lines to properties where the water supply is contaminated with perfluorooctanoic acid.
A state Department of Environmental Conservation notice posted Jan. 8 said that comments from residents at a Se