[CPEO-BIF] Bishop Tube site, Chester County, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA
Department of Environmental Protection

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
May 25, 2007


DEP SECRETARY SAYS VITAL ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM NEEDS DEDICATED 
FUNDING TO PROTECT PUBLIC HEALTH, REVITALIZE COMMUNITIES
Chester County Site Shows Importance of Hazardous Sites Cleanup Fund

MALVERN -- During a visit to the former Bishop Tube site in Chester 
County, Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen A. McGinty talked 
about the importance of a program that helps the state respond to 
environmental emergencies, clean contaminated sites, protect the 
public's health and promote economic growth.
...

Additionally, the site's new owner - Constitution Drive Partners LP - 
has entered into an unprecedented cost sharing partnership with DEP 
whereby Constitution addresses the contaminated soil and DEP addresses 
the contaminated, shallow groundwater. Soil remediation is expected to 
take 2-3 years to complete, but groundwater remediation will take much 
longer.

...

For the entire press release, see
http://www.ahs.dep.state.pa.us/newsreleases/default.asp?ID=4512&varQueryType=Detail

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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