[CPEO-BIF] Bigelow Boiler, New Haven, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

'Hard Hat' tours look at brownfields

Angela Carter
New Haven Register
June 26, 2007

NEW HAVEN - Connecticut Development Authority officials braved rubble 
and old machinery in a walkthrough of the defunct Bigelow Boiler factory 
on River Street Monday, launching a series of "Hard Hat" tours at 
brownfield sites around the state. CDA President Marie O'Brien said the 
quasi-public agency finances economic development projects that focus on 
commercial and industrial uses.

Its board of directors rules on applications for loans or bank loan 
guarantees that help with development costs such as expansions, 
equipment purchases or building improvements.

...

Environmental assessments at the Bigelow complex revealed 
polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), lead, arsenic, oil and possibly 
underground storage tanks.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nhregister.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=18516876&BRD=1281&PAG=461&dept_id=7576&rfi=6

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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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