[CPEO-BIF] United Refinery-site townhouses, Tonawanda, New york

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

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
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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