[CPEO-BIF] Somerville (NJ) landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield status would provide a welcome boost

East Brunswick Scarlet Scuttlebutt (NJ)
February 15, 2009

Somerville officials are trying to nab a "brownfield' designation for 
the borough's landfill redevelopment area. The designation matters 
because it would qualify Somerville for additional environmental 
investigation and remedial funding, along with other financial benefits, 
saving taxpayer money in the long run.

It would be difficult to imagine many projects more worthy of receiving 
the brownfield boost, if for no other reason than to reward the 
borough's patience.

The landfill project has been a source of hope and controversy for 
decades. It's the last major piece of undeveloped land in a small 
borough where residents face a particularly heavy tax burden. Its past 
use essentially eliminates an option that some people might otherwise 
prefer - recreational open space. There has, in fact, been relatively 
little dispute during the years that the landfill should be developed.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mycentraljersey.com/article/20090215/OPINION03/902150312/-1/newsfront

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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