[CPEO-BIF] Beebe Rubber Co., Nashua, New Hampshire

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former factory site may be used for housing

By TOM WEST
Nashua Telegraph (NH)
August 6, 2009

NASHUA - The Planning Board will be asked tonight to approve a proposal 
to construct three multifamily housing buildings at 22 Marshall St., the 
former site of the Beebe Rubber Co.

A report prepared by deputy planning manager Matt Taylor says the plan 
calls for the construction of two, four-story buildings, each with 40 
housing units, and a third four-story structure with 32 units.

....

The 3.6-acre site was used for the manufacture of rubber products from 
the 1930s to 2001, when the factory was torn down. There is soil and 
groundwater contamination on the site, Taylor said.

....

The soil on the site must meet DES residential standards and slabs the 
apartments will be built on must be specially designed to prevent vapor 
intrusion, Taylor said.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.nashuatelegraph.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20090806/NEWS01/908069985/-1/news01

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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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