Sewer removal nears completion at Avtex Superfund site

By Jessica Coleman

FRONT ROYAL — With one major project completed, another is under way at the Avtex Superfund site.

Sewer removal is nearly complete, said John Torrence, site manager for FMC, the company in charge of the cleanup, with one major removal done. Now, the major focus is the closure of viscose basins 4, 5 and 6, which were basically landfills, he said.

The "big dig," a trench 1,200 feet long, 100 feet wide and 10 feet deep, was created to extract 7,200 feet of sewer from the site. The excavation was recently completed and the trench filled with soil and crushed concrete from buildings on-site...(read more)

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