2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 14:50:46 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Wood pellet mill project, Winchendon, Massachussetts
 
Mill owner says town blundered

By Paula J. Owen
TELEGRAM & GAZETTE (MA)


WINCHENDON - Jason W. Mughmaw says mistakes by town officials are keeping him from opening his wood pellet mill on Franklin Street.

The town, he says, never got state environmental clearance when it sold him the land for the mill. He said that without that clearance, he can't get the funding he needs for remaining electrical and other work on the mill.

...

The second part of the assessment, which requires testing and a clear determination on contamination, was never done, said Mr. Mughmaw.

...

The findings of the first phase of the 21E, in December 2008, said the property Mr. Mughmaw bought had likely soil and groundwater contamination from building destruction by fire and from past industrial tenants. They included toy and furniture manufacturers, which were likely to have stored, used and generated hazardous materials. No releases of hazardous materials were ever reported at the site, it said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.telegram.com/article/20101129/NEWS/11290350/-1/NEWS06

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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>
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