[CPEO-BIF] Redevelopent of Frequency Engineering Lab, Howell NJ

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Possible reuse of site on planners' agenda 
FEL location was contaminated over period of years 

BY KATHY BARATTA
Tri-Town News (NJ)
August 4, 2005 

Members of the Howell Planning Board are expected to discuss the
potential redevelopment of the property that formerly housed Frequency
Engineering Lab-oratories (FEL). The board will meet tonight in the
municipal building. 

The FEL site is made up of 216 acres fronting Route 547 in Farmingdale;
141 acres of the tract are undevelopable wetlands, according to a study
commissioned several years ago by the state Department of Environmental
Protection (DEP) Division of Responsible Party Site Remediation. 

FEL was owned and operated by William Hurley, of Allen-wood. In May
2001, the firm filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which allows not only
for a reorganization of assets, but for the debtor to retain those
assets rather than having to totally liquidate all assets as in a
Chapter 7 bankruptcy. 


...

For the entire article, see
http://tritown.gmnews.com/news/2005/0804/Front_Page/003.html


-- 


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>
http://www.cpeo.org
_______________________________________________
Brownfields mailing list
Brownfields@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/brownfields