[CPEO-BIF] Washington County, Maine

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Washington County gets federal grants to identify contaminated sites

by Craig Idlebrook
Working Waterfront (ME)
April 2010

The Washington County Council of Governments recently won two grants 
totaling $400,000 from the United States Environmental Protection Agency 
to identify brownfield sites in the county for cleanup. The council is 
beginning to sift through potential sites for testing, favoring land 
that has the most potential for redevelopment.

Brownfields are sites with soil that has been contaminated from past 
use. In the Downeast region, brownfields often are associated with sites 
that housed seafood processing factories and old garages, says Jeremy 
Gabrielson, senior planner for the Washington County Council of 
Governments (WCCOG). Often, these sites are located in prime downtown 
locations and slow downtown redevelopment.

"It could be an old cannery that used lead soldering for the sardine 
cans... or a significant amount of asbestos in an old building," 
Gabrielson says. "You're going to find these sites anywhere throughout 
the country."

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For the entire article, see
http://www.workingwaterfront.com/online-exclusives/Washington-County-gets-federal-grants-to-identify-contaminated-sites/13726/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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