[CPEO-BIF] GM plant to be demolished, Massena, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former GM plant to be demolished
DECISION ANNOUNCED: Company cites contamination; work could start in 
July, last about 16 months

By LAURA BOMYEA
Waertown Daily Times (NY)
March 25, 2010

MASSENA - It's official: the General Motors Powertrain plant is coming down.

Owner Motors Liquidation Co. announced Wednesday the firm's intention to 
knock down the 50-year-old factory, starting as early as July.

Demolition and associated cleanup activities are expected to last about 
16 months, according to Motors Liquidation spokesman Steven Blow.

Razing the 800,000-square-foot former auto factory will help the 
liquidation company to address more directly the federally mandated 
environmental cleanup there, particularly the site's extensive 
polychlorinated biphenyl, or PCB, contamination, company officials have 
said. The location has been designated a Superfund site since the 1980s 
and remains under the oversight of the U.S. Environmental Protection 
Agency as demolition plans move forward.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20100325/NEWS05/303259938

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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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