[CPEO-BIF] Wal-Mart, Eastwood Mall, Birmingham, Alabama

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield worries Wal-Mart

SHERRI C. GOODMAN
Birmingham News (AL)
May 21, 2006

Wal-Mart Stores Inc. doesn't want its name on the title for some of the 
property on the Eastwood Mall site, so Birmingham officials will 
consider a change Tuesday to an ordinance related to the sale of the 
land to the world's largest retailer.

The property, owned by Wall Street investment firm Lehman Brothers, 
includes two parcels that have some environmental contamination, 
according to city and state officials. Under environmental laws, any 
company whose name has been on the title for a contaminated property 
could face liability risks related to the pollution, city attorney Jim 
Stanley said.

The property is part of the Alabama Department of Environmental 
Management's voluntary cleanup program, said Larry Bryant, chief of 
ADEM's environmental services branch. Wal-Mart and Map Development, a 
Birmingham company that plans to build a shopping center on the site, 
jointly entered the application for the program with ADEM, so they are 
released from any legal liability tied to contamination, he said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.al.com/business/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/business/1148203021219580.xml&coll=2

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Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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Fax: 650/961-8918
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