2006 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: "lsiegel@cpeo.org" <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: 15 Aug 2006 08:19:46 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Maue Oil site, Ossining, New York
 
Oil cleanup at Ossining riverfront site to delay luxury condos

By ROBERT MARCHANT
WESTCHESTER JOURNAL NEWS (NY)
August 14, 2006

OSSINING ? A recently discovered pool of oil and contaminated soil at the
site where luxury condos were set to rise on the waterfront is likely to
cause cleanup costs of more than $1 million and delay the long-awaited
construction.

The oily mess surfaced after demolition was completed last month on
buildings used by the old Maue Oil Co., which operated there for decades,
and developers of the site are now seeking funds from a state program to
clean up the spill.

"We found pipes leading to the tanks still had oil in them," said Joseph
Apicella, a development executive for Cappelli Enterprises who is working
on the Harbor Square project, which calls for 150 residential units and
10,000 square feet of retail space. "Somehow that site was not remediated."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060814/NEWS02/608
140337/1025/NEWS09

-- 
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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