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I work for an environmental company and we do smples and ground monitoring all the time and itd be really hard as hell to rack up a couple hundred grand in testing charges. But being that it was probably subbed out a few times after being third partied I guess it could be possible.

Yeah that portion of the monies does seem crazy, the tree replacement value seems very much inline. My guess is, its not all just testing, but also containment, removal, disposal, and replacement of the soil. Possibly even the trying to save the trees, not sure if thatst in the auburn cost though. Government contracts do get max rates, but that is crazy if just testing.

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Posted by Warfarer

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Member since May 2010

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Posted on 5/31/13 at 9:11 pm to NYCAuburn

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Yeah that portion of the monies does seem crazy, the tree replacement value seems very much inline. My guess is, its not all just testing, but also containment, removal, disposal, and replacement of the soil.

I am sure that all of that is included in the total estimate and it should. ALDOT makes you haul any materials to approved sites on all their jobs. This isn't just tainted materials, this is all materials being removed from the jobsite. Imagine what ADEM would require these days for all of the actual bad soil. Hell, they are stupid enough to possibly make you haul it to Oregon or China.

I have said all along that Updyke shouldn't be in jail but he should have to pay every dime that is spent on getting the corner taken care of and now the DA is taking that approach.

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