PHILADELPHIA — Cleanup and demolition at a suburban Philadelphia asbestos insulation and paper plant began this week and is expected to be completed by summer, according to a press release.

The former Nicolet property will cost the city of Philadelphia more than $1 million for asbestos abatement and demolition, the release stated.

According to the release, due to the nature of Nicolet's manufacturing business, the entire property is contaminated with asbestos, even though the plant has been dormant for quite some time.

Engineers also found tanks, tunnels, trenches and concrete canals from the days of Nicolet's asbestos processing, many of which were filled with toxic asbestos slurry, the release noted.

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