Government
BY ALEX REECE
Frisco could receive ‘about $35M’ for Exide Plant site cleanup
Frisco officials say they are making progress toward their goal of receiving state assistance to clean up the Exide Plant property. Frisco City Council members Laura Rummel and John Keating were two of several city officials who attended a trip to the State Capital in Austin to discuss Frisco’s priorities directly with members of the 89th Legislature. They shared their findings from the trip during a Feb. 18 council meeting. During the trip, the group was able to discuss the Exide Plant cleanup with both Frisco’s direct legislators and members of the Appropriations Committee, which is “a very promising start” to their funds request, Rummel said. The committee oversees budget operations. The setup The Exide Plant is a former battery recycling center site just south of Frisco’s Main Street. Cleaning up the property—the plant recycled automotive and industrial batteries before being
shut down in 2012 following environmental concerns—is a step the city needs to take as plans to build Grand Park ramp up. Keating said the representatives all understood how cleaning up the Exide Plant site would be a huge priority for the city. More details Jason Brodigan, Frisco’s director of engineering services, during a late January winter work session discussion called the Exide Plant cleanup a “multi- year effort” for the city. “We’re talking five, six, seven years,” he said. Sometime this year—either late summer or early fall—the city should be finished building a flood wall around the plant, he said. The wall will prevent water flow from the site. Cleaning up the plant includes removing contaminated soil, broken battery casings and “slag,” which is waste formed when lead is recovered from used batteries. Once the walls are done, the city will begin
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monitoring the groundwater, Brodigan said. “That process, probably a year to a year-and-a- half of monitoring the groundwater that’s coming out of that area, lets us get started with creek cleanup,” he said.
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