[CPEO-BIF] San Miguel, California railroad spur

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Formerly contaminated site back in development pipeline

Bob Cuddy
San Luis Obispo Tribune (CA)
April 24, 2010

A San Miguel housing project pulled off the planning schedule in 2006 
when the county learned it was on a brownfield is back in the pipeline.

The county Planning Commission on Thursday approved 24 residences on 
5.28 acres at 525 11th St., next to the Union Pacific railroad tracks.

...

Brownfield sites commonly were once used for other purposes, and then 
abandoned. The San Miguel location was once a railroad spur.

After the county and the state Department of Toxic Substances Control 
flagged the location in 2006, developers Colin and Candy Weyrick removed 
415 tons of contaminated soil.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2010/04/24/1116550/formerly-contaminated-site-back.html

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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