[CPEO-BIF] Sand Island, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Work set to start on Sand Island project 


By KURT BRESSWEIN
Easton Express-Times (PA)
November 21, 2005

BETHLEHEM - The last remains of manufacturing on Sand Island are slated
for demolition as part of park improvements finally under way, six years
after planning began. 

Environmental hurdles that delayed the project have been cleared thanks
to help from the state Department of Environmental Protection, city
parks and public property Director Charlie Brown said. A department
brownfield action team started working with the city last month. 

"We're clear now to do special construction under the brownfield team,"
Brown said. 

The team worked with the city on assessing asbestos and soil
contamination issues on the site west of Main Street near the railroad
trestle, according to DEP spokesman Mark Carmon. 

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/expresstimes/pa/index.ssf?/base/news-3/1132567540151890.xml&coll=2

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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