[CPEO-BIF] Interstate Uniform dry-cleaning sute, Williamstown, Vermont

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Shuttered Vt. dry-cleaning plant to be torn down

By Wilson Ring/Associated Press
Boston Globe (MA)
February 12, 2011

MONTPELIER, Vt. - A shuttered Williamstown dry-cleaning plant that was 
at the center of one of Vermont's first large-scale experiences with 
polluted groundwater almost 30 years ago is going to be torn down.

It's unclear when demolition will begin on the now-vacant building owned 
by the UniFirst Corp., but it will not end the company's responsibility 
for ongoing efforts to remove still-contaminated groundwater from the 
area around the plant.

"UniFirst owns the property and they own the liability for the 
contamination," said Gerold Noyes, an environmental engineer for the 
Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation. "Whatever happens to 
the building itself doesn't really matter."

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2011/02/12/shuttered_vt_dry_cleaning_plant_to_be_torn_down/

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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
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