The cost of the cleanup has been put at $15 million.
In 2009, the expected cost of cleanup was $300 million.
Private companies have estimated the cost of the cleanup at $50,000 a day.
At the same time, the cost of the cleanup is increasing.
The total cost of environmental cleanup at the site has been estimated to be between $100 and $120 million.
The fire had been put out, but there was still lots of cleanup.
Much of the cleanup, under way since 1981, is in the final stages.
"No industry would get away with that kind of cleanup," he said.
"But I'm going to be far too exhausted to do any of the cleanup around here."
He estimated that the cost to the school district of the cleanup was about $300,000.