The long-contaminated Lorentz Barrel & Drum Superfund site, a few blocks from San Jose State University, is finally in line for a full-scale fix, with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency floating a roughly $24 million cleanup plan. The agency wants to use subsurface heating to draw out buried solvents and trap the vapors for treatment, a playbook federal engineers have used at other tricky pollution sites. San Jose State officials and nearby residents, meanwhile, are pressing for clarity on whether the work could disturb the campus soccer field or send odors and vapors drifting through the neighborhood during construction.
How The Cleanup Would Work
The remedy on the table is a version of thermally enhanced soil vapor extraction. Crews would…..