Separation for Arsenic Soils

In Fenton, Michigan, city officials are debating whether to spend $50,000-$70,000 to encapsulate arsenic-contaminated soil across seven acres of the as-yet-unfinished Orchard Hills housing development. The site was previously an orchard, and pesticides once used there contained arsenic. The city is ambivalent about this extra cost and hopes to get an environmental assessment first. If approved, the contaminated soil would be capped with geotextile and covered in 12 inches of clean soil. Unfinished Orchard Hills housing development. But, since seven acres has arsenic in the soil from pesticides used on old orchards, they would like to get an environmental assessment done, first