[CPEO-BIF] Phoenix Steel Company , Phoenixville, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Steel Site Contamination Can Be Capped

Contamination came from the historic uses of the site, and slag was  
spread site-wide on the eastern portion.

By Lynn Jusinski
Phoenixville Patch (PA)
May 31, 2011

Remediating a brownfield is often a difficult and pricey task, but  
for the steel site downtown, a plan is already in place to cap any  
issues.
In its past, the brownfield was home to Phoenix Steel Company and  
more recently Phoenix Pipe and Tube Company, which closed abruptly in  
the 1990s.

Jim Mullan, principal with Hocage Consulting, an engineering and  
environmental firm, said he thinks of the 120-acre steel site as two  
different parcels. French Creek East is located east of the Gay  
Street high bridge, while French Creek West is the western portion of  
the site, extending out to near Paradise Street in the borough.

...

For the entire article, see
http://phoenixville.patch.com/articles/steel-site-contamination-can- 
be-capped

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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