Re: [CPEO-BIF] Brownfields Digest, Vol 63, Issue 14

["Grillo, Ellie (DEP)" <Ellie.Grillo@state.ma.us>]

Hi- will there be a more specific email on the exact topics of
discussion concerning message number 2 below? Pls. advise.thanks,ellie 

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Today's Topics:

   1. Wright Township (Pennsylvania) TCE (Lenny Siegel)
   2. Public disclosure and involvement, state by state (Lenny Siegel)
   3. FW:  Public disclosure and involvement, state by state
      (Schnapf, Lawrence)


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Message: 1
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:47:43 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org>
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Wright Township (Pennsylvania) TCE
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Development's 'contaminated water' noted
Wright Twp. subdivision linked to people involved in the ongoing Luzerne

County corruption probe.

JANINE UNGVARSKY
Wilkes-Barre Times Leader (PA)
November 18, 2009

WRIGHT TWP. - The lone homeowner in a townhouse development once known 
as The Sanctuary said he doesn't want anyone else to fall victim as he 
did, and he wants to know who in Wright Township is responsible for 
making that protection happen.

Nick La Rosa, who owns and lives in the only completed house in the 
development that has since been renamed Whispering Ridge, brought his 
concerns before the regular meeting of the township planning commission 
Tuesday night.

"There is TCE (trichloroethylene) in the underground water, and there is

no question (the developers) knew it," La Rosa said. "Who in Wright 
Township protects the interests of the residents?"


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.timesleader.com/news/Development_rsquo_s__lsquo_contaminated_
water_rsquo__noted_11-18-2009.html

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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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Message: 2
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:33:22 -0800
From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
To: Brownfields Internet Forum <brownfields@lists.cpeo.org>
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Public disclosure and involvement, state by state
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Yesterday, at the Brownfields conference in New Orleans, we had a lively

panel discussion that addressed, among other things, state requirements 
for public disclosure and involvement under voluntary cleanup programs? 
When (if ever) do members of the public - particularly site neighbors - 
learn about releases of hazardous substances? Are regulatory 
requirements met?

Tell the list what happens in your state.

Lenny

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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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Message: 3
Date: Wed, 18 Nov 2009 23:29:16 -0500
From: "Schnapf, Lawrence" <Lawrence.Schnapf@srz.com>
To: brownfields@lists.cpeo.org
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] FW:  Public disclosure and involvement, state by
	state
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we had some interesting comments from attendees.

For example, we were told the Minnesota requires consultants to provide
notice of the discovery of contamination to the state regulatory agency.


A person from Utah indicated that phase 1 reports generated in the
voluntary cleanup program  are uploaded to a website so they can be
reviewed by the public. 

A representative of the Milwaukee also said that the city has a "Do Not
Acquire" designation that it maintains when it finds contamination on
tax defaulted properties. He also indicated that this public designation
has not been known to stigmatize properties.

Larry   

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[mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Lenny Siegel
Sent: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 6:33 PM
To: Brownfields Internet Forum
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Public disclosure and involvement, state by state

Yesterday, at the Brownfields conference in New Orleans, we had a lively

panel discussion that addressed, among other things, state requirements 
for public disclosure and involvement under voluntary cleanup programs? 
When (if ever) do members of the public - particularly site neighbors - 
learn about releases of hazardous substances? Are regulatory 
requirements met?

Tell the list what happens in your state.

Lenny

-- 


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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