According to a story in the Providence Journal (RI):

Reservoir Triangle residents learned more last night about the city's plan to clean up part of the [TCE contaminated]Gorham Manufacturing complex and use it for a high school.

At last night's meeting, they learned about plans to cover the site [which was once home to the world's largest silverware maker] with two feet of clean fill to prevent public exposure to any potential contaminants.

Tim Regan, a contractor hired by the city to conduct environmental tests of the parcel, told the residents that his firm, EA Engineering, Science and Technology Inc. had found elevated levels of trichloroethylene, a vapor, in the soil. In order to remediate that, the city plans to install an underground ventilation system that will work as a vaccum to extract harmful vapors that collect.

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Some residents noted that the site was formerly deemed a hazardous site by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

When one resident pressed Sepe to explain why the site was chosen, [Alan Sepe, the acting director of the city's Department of Public Property] said the city needs a four to 5 acres for a high school. He said there few, if any, parcels in the city big enough.

Also, Sepe said, any site in the city would have some level of environmental contamination.

Huh?!?

The next meeting about the site is scheduled for May 16. Meantime, you can read the full story here (free reg req'd).