[CPEO-BIF] Freetown Screw site, Freetown, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Town to submit cleanup proposal for Freetown Screw site

By Jeffrey D. Wagner
Herald News (MA)
February 14, 2010

FREETOWN - The former Freetown Screw factory off County Road is 
hammering away at Freetown's pockets and could cause more damage in the 
form of fines from the Environmental Protection Agency.

In response, the Board of Selectmen last week agreed to pay $3,500 to 
prepare and submit a cleanup proposal to the EPA.

Interim Town Administrator John Healey said the brownfield site costs 
the town more money each year in rising insurance premiums.

"Just remember, it is costing more in insurance every year because it is 
considered a hazardous location in derelict condition," Healey told the 
board Monday.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/fall-river/news/x196132244/Town-to-submit-cleanup-proposal-for-Freetown-Screw-site

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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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