UNIVERSITY
Paint waste dug up at Riverfront
The University has alerted
the Oregon Department of Envi
ronmental Quality lh.it a con
tractor conducting a second
phase environmental assess
ment of the Riverfront Researi h
Park property has dug up sever
al containers apparently hold
ing paint waste materials.
The paint was dug up in the
Silva orchard parcel of the
property
"As required by environmen
tal regulations, we have report
er! to the 1)K(J and other appro
priate agencies what we have
found buried in the northwest
corner of the Silva parcel and
what we are doing to secure
and contain the excavated ma
terial," said Thomas Ilicks, di
rector of the University's Office
of Environmental Health and
Safety.
The OKQ is expected to re
view the proposed cleanup and
disposal plan and. based on
sampling results due in about
two weeks, to notify University
officials of how the I)K(J wants
the University to proceed.
! Inks said
It 's likely that we w ill pack
age the materials and send
them to an approved disposal
site, hot we ll probably need to
wait to do that until we have
the results of the sampling of
the materials and i an l>e sure of
w hat we have found. " he said
laist December, the Universi
tv hirtnl I. K Squier Assot iates.
Inc of l-ake Oswego to condtu I
a preliminary assessment of the
entire research park propertv
After completing the first
phase assessment of all four
parcels that make up the entire
research park property, (lit1
consultants recommended that
the University undertake fur
ther evaluation of several areas
The Silva orchard parcel was
one such site
The consultants had located
one partially buried 55-gallon
drum lh.it was crushed and ap
parently empty in the Silva par
cel during their initial explora
linn
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advice Universitv hai khoi op
eralors «*iirli«*r this month liegau
excavating where llir partialis
imrii'il drum was lor atmi Tho\
found a one or two gallon gal
Ion t an of paint in llii' lost strip
thorn
At litis point further i'u.iv.i
lion stoppi'd. ami tin' consul
tanls swept tlir I'nliri' pit w itli a
sophist it ali'd mi'tal lii'tei tor
Squior olitaini'd several read
mgs at tlie partlv excavated test
pit anti m several oilier lot a
turns. I lit ks said
On Nov 20. Staton ( onstrui
lion hai khoe crews hired hv
Squier dug up three r>f> gallon
drums and sis to 12 five gallon
pads All contained what are
thought to hi' paint waste
Hicks said that, depending
upon the sample results, addi
tional monitoring mav he net
essarv to determine if any
groundwater i ontamination lias
ot i urreil
Police investigating assault accusations
The following is a list of
crimes reported to the Universi
ty Office of Public Safety and
the Eugene police department
between Nov. 10 and Nov 1H
• Eugene police are investigat
ing an assault near the Sigma
Nu fraternity house, 7li:i K
1 Ith Ave., occurring Nov. 17
A lam' Community College
student and friend told police
they were walking across the
street toward the house when
they were assaulted by an tin
known assailant
Police Beat
The ix:c student was
knot ked to the ground, and
when he came to he found his
companion had been knot ked
to his knees, the student told
police After investigating the
incident. KIM) officers disi.ov
ered the alleged assailant was a
member of Sigma Nu fraternity
The fraternity member told
officers the two subjects were
making derogatory comments
about the fraternity system, and
that the two subjects initialed
the incident
Police are still investigating
the incident, and no t barges
have been Ided However, the
two sul>|et ts filed a tourth-de
gree assault complaint against
the Sigma Nu member
• Two partitions separating uri
mils in the men's bathroom on
the second floor ol Parsons llall
were reporter! ripped out of the
wall on Nov It) Estimated
damage is $100. and police
have no suspects
• A transient vs as arrested b\
HIM) officers outside the Uni
versity Bookstore after he was
observed trespassing on book
store property and harassing
passe rsby.
Kay Nevarez Castillo, -17. was
arrested for disorderly conduct
and second-degree trespass on
Nov. 13. Bookstore officials
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gressively panhandling outside
the store* When KPD officers ur
rived they observed Castillo fol
lowing two women along l.ttli
Avenue and vertrally assaulting
them.
• Damage to a gate at the v im
tor's parking lot tichind the
EMU was reported on Nov ‘l
The gate had lieen lot hv a ve
hide, breaking the support
post Police suspect a brown
Ford van is responsible for
damage to the gate No damage
estimate was available
• A vacuum was reported stu
leu from Kilev Hall on Nov H
Estimated loss was $M‘i Police
have no suspects
• A ro< kless burning was re
purled Nov 1 t on the sot ond
floor of Moore Mali furniture
was thrown .dong the hallway,
and <i piece of paper was found
burnt on a chair Police have no
suspei Is. and a damage esti
mate w as not available
• An attempted theft was re
ported Nov 14 A student
walked out ol Law rence I hill
and found Ills hu v< le lot k had
been taken and some damage
had boon done to the bicycle
Polii e have no suspei Is
• In addition. OPS reports tour
stolen bicyi les and none rei ov
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