[CPEO-BIF] Pura-14 Site, Poughkeepsie, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

News Release
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
December 29, 2010

DEC Finishes Cleanup at Pura-14 Site in Poughkeepsie
State Clears Site for Redevelopment


ALBANY, NY (readMedia)-- The New York State Department of Environmental 
Conservation (DEC) announced today that the cleanup of a formerly 
contaminated parcel near the City of Poughkeepsie waterfront has 
officially been completed. Parties involved with the site at 36 Pine 
Street utilized redevelopment incentives offered by DEC to assist and 
encourage remediation of contaminated parcels for cleanup and re-investment.

"Another industrial legacy has been addressed as a result of the hard 
work of public and private parties and the incentives offered by the 
state's brownfields programs," Acting DEC Commissioner Peter Iwanowicz 
said. "This site near Poughkeepsie's waterfront has been uplifted from a 
liability to an asset that will help attract new development and grow 
the region's economy."

Known as "PURA-14," the site was investigated in 2005 by the City of 
Poughkeepsie and the City of Poughkeepsie Industrial Development Agency 
through DEC's Environmental Restoration Program (ERP). The ERP 
reimbursed municipalities for the investigation and cleanup of 
brownfields. For this project, DEC provided the City of Poughkeepsie 
approximately $100,000 for the investigation.

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For the entire release, see
http://readme.readmedia.com/DEC-Finishes-Cleanup-at-Pura-14-Site-in-Poughkeepsie/1813690

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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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