[CPEO-BIF] Banner Packaging Plant site, Wellsburg, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Crews Cleaning Up Large Brownfield Site In Brooke Co.


WTOV TV-9 News (Steubenville, WV)
April 14, 2011

WELLSBURG, W.Va. -- Years after the Banner Packaging Plant closed  
down, it's since deteriorated and become a Brownfield site.

But now, thanks to a collaborative effort between the current owner,  
a developer and the city of Wellsburg, the eyesore may soon be going  
away.

A company named RDS purchased the property at a sheriff's auction a  
few years ago and stripped the building of any valuable materials. It  
left behind a mess that takes up nearly a whole block along state  
Route 2 in the city -- but officials are working toward cleaning all  
of that up.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.wtov9.com/news/27548579/detail.html

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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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