From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Sun, 28 Nov 2010 14:56:44 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Proposed homeless camp, Seattle, Washington |
Sodo site selected for homeless is found to be contaminated By Emily Heffter Seattle Times (WA) November 28, 2010The Sodo property selected for a homeless encampment is being placed on a state list of contaminated sites because of petroleum byproducts and a toxic cleaning solvent in the groundwater. Mayor Mike McGinn chose the site this month without knowing it was contaminated, even though a city consultant reported those findings more than a year ago. It's not clear where the chemicals came from, and such contamination is not unusual on old industrial sites. But Public Health Seattle & King County has not yet determined whether the site is safe for people. The contamination could raise another complication in the mayor's plan to give 100 to 150 homeless campers a long-term, city-sanctioned space. ... For the entire article, see http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2013540563_contamination28m.html -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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