2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:00:06 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Wrightsville Beach dump site, North Carolina
 
Dump site by Landfall could go up for sale

By Patricia E. Matson
Wilmington Star News (NC)
January 25, 2010

A nearly forgotten landfill owned by Wrightsville Beach shows little evidence of contamination except for an elevated copper level in some surface water, according to a recent report.
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Before long, the town may be able to market the 4.8-acre site, located in a potentially valuable spot off Military Cutoff Road, near Landfall.

Bought by the town in 1937, the land was used for a few years as a dumping ground for debris disposal after Hurricane Hazel in 1954. In late 2007, the town started investigating the possibility of selling it and found that environmental testing would be necessary.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.starnewsonline.com/article/20100125/ARTICLES/100129808?Title=Dump-site-by-Landfall-could-go-up-for-sale-

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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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