State tells Bolinas Pt. David Rolland State wildlife and toxics officials have tried to allay fears in Bolinas that recycled asphalt, which was trucked there from the repaving of Point Reyes Station's main street, poses a threat to water quality. Some residents of Bolinas and Point Reyes Station purchased the ground-up road material to resurface their driveways and repair roads. One such person is Bolinas resident Michael Gaspers, whose neighbors Jan and Bill Tacherra worried that rain would wash petroleum or other substances from piles of flaky asphalt into fresh-water ponds on their property and neighboring properties. The Tacherras were supported at the BPUD meeting by Bolinas resident Paul Kayfetz, who said some of the material was used on Marin Way where it poses a threat to a nearby creek.
Dogs drink from it.
I was told this was material that is toxic waste that couldn't get dumped at West Marin Sanitary Landfill. Bolinas resident Lloyd Kahn, who along with a group of his neighbors bought some of the recycled asphalt to pave part of Dogwood Road, told BPUD directors the material was working well. There's no oil on it. There's no runoff. I checked it out with my 12 neighbors.