2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 1 Nov 2007 22:57:07 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Ft. Edward (NY) property value suit
 
Pulver to join contamination suit

By NICK REISMAN
Glens Falls Post-Star (NY)
November 1, 2007

Last year, Fort Edward Town Supervisor Merrilyn Pulver argued that the property values of more than 100 homeowners shouldn’t be lowered, despite the fact that they live in homes contaminated by a harmful chemical released by General Electric Co.

But this week, Pulver announced that the town will join 42 of the residents in a lawsuit against the company and plans to file court documents in the next few days.

The residents had argued their property taxes should be significantly reduced because an underground plume of trichloroethylene (TCE) had seeped into the soil around their homes.

TCE is a chemical solvent used to clean machinery at the GE plant on Route 4.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.poststar.com/articles/2007/11/01/news/local/doc4729d5c7c2a2e312987920.txt

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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