Re: [CPEO-BIF] DuPont rejects property value protection in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

For the residents' response to DuPont, go to 
http://hosting.videominutes.net/player.aspx?handshake=35846&video=1451
To view the video, you'll need to download some software.

See the following agenda items: Public Comments 1 and Mayor's response, 
and also Mayor's Report and more on DuPont in later part of the meeting, 
public comments 2.

LS

Lenny Siegel wrote:
> DuPont balks at granting guarantee for home value in Pompton Lakes
>
> BY LESLIE SCOTT
> Suburban Trends (NJ)
> April 14, 2010
>
> Although some Plume area residents have requested it, DuPont has stated 
> there was no need to offer a value protection program at this point in 
> the remediation of contamination in their neighborhoods.
>
> In January, the Borough Council sent a letter to DuPont requesting that 
> it offer a value protection plan. Residents requested this assistance 
> because they believe the installation of vapor mitigation systems onto 
> their homes would decrease their property values.
>
> DuPont operated a munitions plant in the borough from 1902 until 1994. 
> In the 1980s it was discovered that the groundwater and nearby waters 
> were contaminated as a result of the operations at the plant.
>
> ...
>
> For the entire article, see
> http://www.northjersey.com/news/environment/90906549_DuPont_balks_at_granting_guarantee_for_home_value_.html 


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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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