2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:49:59 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Ithaca Gun site demolition, Ithaca, New York
 
Group irked with DEC handling of Ithaca Gun

Site more contaminated than expected

By Krisy Gashler
Ithaca Journal (NY)
June 11, 2009

ITHACA - There were some tense moments at the Ithaca Gun Community Advisory Group meeting Wednesday night, after news this week that factory demolition debris is more contaminated than previously thought.

Several group members charged the state Department of Environmental Conservation with not taking enough care to protect the community and a DEC official responded that an unusual amount of caution has been taken with the Ithaca Gun project.

The developers, who plan to turn the now-demolished factory property into high-end condos, had hoped to recycle some of the factory debris on site to save money. But test results shared with the advisory group over the past week showed lead and PCB levels above the standard allowed at residential sites.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090611/NEWS01/906110378/Group+irked+with+DEC+handling+of+Ithaca+Gun

See also http://www.theithacajournal.com/article/20090609/NEWS01/906090344/1126/news/Gun+factory+debris+worse+than+thought

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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
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