The cleanup of the contaminated area in Hopedale will get underway this month.
Aivek-Stantec Holdings Ltd of Nain is the contractors.
Patty Pottle is the MHA and Minister of Aboriginal Affairs.
She says the cleanup of PCB’s is a three year plan, and may even go five years.
Pottle says more surveys will be done to see what other contaminants are on the ground, that will also include surveys in the harbor.
She added she has received a lot of calls about the service of the freight boat that’s caused a backlog of freight in Lewisporte.
Pottle says the MV Astron is making one trip to the north coast communities with some of the backlogged freight.
Click here to hear Minister Pottle will have more details about the upcoming PCB cleanup. She will also have more information about Hopedale’s main water line that had frozen at the beginning of this winter.