[CPEO-BIF] Light Industrial Park, Mechanicville, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

M'ville ponders brownfield



By Danielle Sanzone
Troy Record (NY)
December 16, 2009

MECHANICVILLE - With the brownfield investigation of the Light 
Industrial Park drawing to a close, city officials are unsure about the 
next step with how to go about safely developing the site.

The city is waiting for the certification of completion from the state 
Department of Environmental Conservation to sell the 25-acre property 
and, after more than a decade of contamination investigations, finally 
get revenue from the site, said Commissioner of Accounts Mark Seber.

Seber is hopeful that the city will get the needed certification by 
January and will be able to secure a buyer by the spring.

A couple of developers, including Logistics One, have shown interest in 
the property.

What has yet to be determined, however, is how much work the city will 
need to do on the property before they can sell it. Depending on how the 
site is used, about 6-inches of concrete, 6-inches of blacktop, or a 
foot of clean soil will need to be put down.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/12/16/news/doc4b284750c34cb093749120.txt

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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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