Palouse seeks more time on Brownfields cleanup grant funds

The 1/4-acre site on Main Street in Palouse is the former home of a gas station and fertilizer operation.

Palouse Mayor Michael Echanove will seek an extension on remaining grant funds for the five-year-old Brownfields environmental cleanup project. The 12 to 18-month extension would cover final tests from the Washington State Department of Ecology (DOE).

The approximate $1 million cleanup at the former Palouse Producers site on Main Street has three test wells which are monitored by the DOE. Of the three, two have reached the state-mandated cleanup level. Once the third one meets the standard...