[CPEO-BIF] Energizer, TCE, and property values, Bennington, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

No tax break for neighbors of Energizer

NEAL GOSWAMI
Bennington Banner (VT)
November 2, 2007

BENNINGTON - What happens to the property values of homes affected by 
the leaking of carcinogens at the Energizer plant will be dictated by 
the market, according to a town official.

"That's going to be a question that ultimately the listers will have to 
answer and the market will dictate," said Bennington Town Manager Stuart 
Hurd.

The town has no intention of offering breaks on appraisals, Hurd said. 
The area around the Energizer plant was reappraised earlier this year as 
part of the rolling reappraisal system used by the town.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/headlines/ci_7348406

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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