[CPEO-BIF] Ottawa (IL) to chart sites

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City to chart brownfield sites

Jonathan Bilyk
Ottawa Times (IL)
February 9, 2006

Ottawa officials have launched a process they hope ultimately will allow 
businesses to breathe new life into long abandoned industrial sites in 
the city.

Tuesday, the Ottawa City Council placed on file for public review an 
agreement with Vanderwalle and Associates, an environmental consulting 
firm based in Madison, Wis., to identify and map sites throughout the 
city that could be contaminated with industrial pollution and in need of 
cleanup.

"We have a lot of potential to redevelop some areas within the city," 
said City Engineer Dave Noble. "But many developers, if they discover a 
site is or may be contaminated, turn and run for fear that they will be 
stuck with liability to clean it up."

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For the entire article, see
http://mywebtimes.com/ottnews/archives/ottawa/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=241931
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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
http://www.cpeo.org

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