[CPEO-BIF] Amherst, Massachusetts residents question solar landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Amherst residents voice concerns over solar site


By DIANE LEDERMAN
Springfield Republican (MA)
April 10, 2011
AMHERST - Amherst officials are confident they will be able to  
proceed with a solar generation project on a former landfill site,  
despite concerns residents have raised.

Resident David Keenan reminded officials that hazardous waste was  
routinely buried at the town's former landfill on Belchertown Road.

The landfill has been closed since 1988 and is considered a  
brownfield. Because of its previous use, it could not be used for  
development.

Neighbors are also concerned the project could damage the landfill  
cap and create an environmental hazard by causing contaminants to  
enter the soil and water....

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/hampfrank/republican/index.ssf?/base/ 
news-31/130233364450460.xml&coll=1


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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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