[CPEO-BIF] Avenue U site, Brooklyn, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Maybe this is an in-joke, but I wonder what contaminants are typically 
released by a synagogue. - LS]


State: Ave U site good to go

By Gary Buiso
Courier-Life Publications (NY)
January 26, 2010 9:12 AM EST

The state this week deemed the cleanup of a toxic Gravesend site to be 
complete, paving the way for the construction of a residential building 
and synagogue.

The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said that site owner 
Avenue U Partners LLC met the requirements put in place by the agency, 
which has been monitoring work activity at the site since 2007.

According to the DEC, the .22-acre property was home to a gasoline 
service station for approximately 40 years, followed by an automotive 
maintenance facility and most recently a synagogue. The underground 
storage tanks associated with the service station were abandoned in 
place in 1992. Contaminants associated with past operations included 
petroleum and volatile organic compounds which contaminated the soil, 
groundwater, and soil gas, according to the DEC.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.yournabe.com/articles/2010/01/26/brooklyn/courier-yn_brooklyn_front_page-aveutoxic.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
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