[CPEO-BIF] South Troy waterfront, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield testing precedes South Troy redevelopment 

By: Steven S. Couse 
Troy Record (NY)
January 19, 2006

TROY - There are big plans for the South Troy waterfront, but
environmental concerns must be addressed first. 

Local residents gathered at the Polish American Club Thursday to review
brownfield testing results at two sites, the Alamo, on Main Street near
the county jail, and the former Scolite property, also known as the
former Rensselaer Iron Works, just south of the Poestenkill.

"The good news is that there is nothing to fear from the sites for local
residents," said Rod Aldrich of Sterling Environmental Engineering of
Latham. "The bad news is that the sites are contaminated."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.troyrecord.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15956995&BRD=1170&PAG=461&dept_id=7021&rfi=6

-- 


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