[CPEO-BIF] Medfield State Hospital, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Medfield State Hospital contaminant picture to become clearer after meeting

By Derek McLean
Medfield Press (MA)
January 11, 2011

Medfield - The state will present a report on the sources, types, and 
extent of the contamination at site of the former Medfield State 
Hospital Thursday night. The town and state expects to turn the area 
into residential housing, but must overcome a number of environmental 
hurdles first.

"The deal that the Selectman crafted includes 440 units of housing, of 
which 32 are single-family homes, about 200 are apartments and about 200 
or more condominiums," Selectman Osler M. Peterson said.

But for now, the auctioning of the land, and steps to begin building, 
are on hold until the environmental issues are resolved.

According to John Thompson, a member of the State Hospital Review 
Committee, the site has a number of areas of contamination.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.wickedlocal.com/medfield/features/x1062715202/Medfield-State-Hospital-contaminant-picture-to-become-clearer-after-meeting

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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