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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The NPS would not sign off on such a project. The impact on wildlife and the river would be contrary to its mission.[/quote]

Well Potomac Yards was a freight rail yard, one of the largest in the country. But it ran via overhead electrical wires. So the air was clean since the locomotives were electric. [/quote]

Nevermind that it was a SuperFund site because of all of the industrial toxins. 
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The freight rail yard was the hub for the tropicana orange juice trains, and not chemical freight. There was no fuel since the trains ran on overhead wires. Any cleanup was minimal and just took a few months at most, maybe less. The Potomac Yards just sat vacant for a time until the Hoyt Cinema and Target opened up.

The section of Potomac Yards in Arlington County became office towers and hotels and no cleanup was needed. [/quote]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1992/07/23/toxic-cleanup-could-delay-new-stadium/63b6ba95-1506-4590-aae8-1d3f4b708028/

[i] TOXIC CLEANUP COULD DELAY NEW STADIUM
July 23, 1992

“ The multimillion-dollar effort required to clean up a broad range of toxic pollutants that contaminate the site of a proposed Redskins stadium in Alexandria could delay the opening date set by team owner Jack Kent Cooke.

The pollution of the 86-year-old rail yard site includes toxic metals and PCBs, both possible causes of cancer in humans. In some places, arsenic levels are 1,000 times higher than the federal safety ceiling. An underground spill of diesel oil -- seven feet thick in one spot -- contaminates a locomotive-refueling area. A 15-foot layer of fly ash, which contains traces of potentially hazardous metals, is buried there.“[/i]
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http://www.connectionnewspapers.com/news/2012/may/03/south-potomac-yard-area-certified-safe/[/quote]

Yup. It was a multi-year cleanup. [/quote]

However, it's done. There's nothing left to worry about.[/quote]

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