[CPEO-BIF] Henrietta Road, Henrietta, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dorschel Group sues to recover costs of cleaning purchased land

Steve Orr
Rochester Democrat & Chronicle (NY)
January 18, 2011

A company affiliated with the Dorschel Automotive Group has sued six 
parties, including Sunoco Inc. and another local auto dealer, to recover 
unexpectedly high environmental cleanup costs at a property in Henrietta.

The property, at 3865-75 West Henrietta Road, has been remediated and 
certified under the state Brownfield Cleanup Program and is now being 
used by Dorschel for storage and service areas. But the company incurred 
more than $700,000 in cleanup and other costs for which it is seeking 
compensation, according to legal papers.

"This is for cost recovery, to get back at least some of the money that 
was spent on the cleanup. The cost was more than was contemplated," said 
Linda Shaw, a Rochester lawyer who represents Dorschel. The suit was 
filed in state Supreme Court about two weeks ago.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110118/NEWS01/101180325/1002/NEWS/Dorschel-Group-sues-to-recover-costs-of-cleaning-purchased-land

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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