2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2011 08:43:15 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] United Refinery-site townhouses, Tonawanda, New york
 
Riverfront townhouses proposed
16-unit Town of Tonawanda plan features walls of windows, private docks, elevators

By Janice L. Habuda
BUFFALO NEWS (NY)
February 6, 2011

A townhouse development proposed for the Town of Tonawanda waterfront features walls of windows overlooking the Niagara River and private docks to accommodate the boats of owners and guests.

...

"A portion of the site was used by the former United Refinery," said Megan Gollwitzer, a spokeswoman for the state Department of Environmental Conservation. "This portion was remediated to meet commercial level cleanup standards."

An oil spill on the adjoining property resulted in contamination, according to Tiedemann. The plan, he said, is to further remediate the affected area for residential use.

"We are actually going to dig out any contaminated soil," Tiedemann added.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/city/article333473.ece

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