[CPEO-BIF] Connecticut's new law

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Conn. tries new cleanups at dirty industrial sites

By Stephen Singer/AP Business Writer
Boston Globe
July 16, 2011


WATERBURY, Conn. - To Joseph Vrabely Jr., the cavernous, century-old  
industrial building on a site polluted by oil and metals is a thing  
of beauty.

With giant cranes inside the 700-foot-long workspace, the building  
that once housed one of the city's largest brass manufacturers is  
perfectly suited for Vrabely's company, Atlantic Steel & Processing  
LLC, which cuts steel to produce tools, automotive parts and other  
products.

"As long as the building is safe structurally, this is exactly what  
we need," said Vrabely, the company president.

Vrabely is planning to expand operations at the site because of a new  
law creating a state fund to pay for costly and complicated  
environmental cleanups of so-called brownfields across the state. His  
company has occupied a portion the building for 12 years, but he was  
reluctant to further develop the former site of the Chase Brass &  
Copper Co. until it was chosen for a cleanup effort.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/business/articles/2011/07/16/ 
conn_tries_new_cleanups_at_dirty_industrial_sites/

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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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