[CPEO-BIF] "Pollution stalling economic development" in Stratford (CT)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Eco-headaches
Pollution stalling economic development


Fred Musante, Editor
Stratford Star (CT)
March 31, 2005


Town officials may soon have to make decisions involving Stratford's two
toxic waste headaches - the Raymark waste that contaminates many
properties in the South End of town and the solvents and metals that
pollute the Army Engine Plant. 

The two environmental problems are the biggest factors stalling the
growth of the town's Grand List through economic development.

 In separate briefings on March 23 and 28, the Town Council learned that
Stratford would soon arrive at crucial points requiring important decisions.

The federal Superfund program funding appropriated for the Raymark clean
up has only $13 million left, which is not enough to clean up all the
soil and ground water contamination that remains. So it is important to
spend the balance of the funds the most effectively.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1349&dept_id=415619&newsid=14260543&PAG=461&rfi=9

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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