[CPEO-BIF] Old Bremerton Gasworks, Bremerton, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Old Bremerton Gasworks site getting more attention, proposed for  
national
hazardous cleanup listing

KATHLEEN BYRNE-BARRANTES
Kitsap Peninsula Business Journal (WA)
Novewmber 4, 2011

Bremerton has historically been a working waterfront community, and  
similar to other cities around the country, has the potential for  
hazardous waste and petroleum contamination. These sites also provide  
an opportunity to develop new public access, marina expansion, and  
boat maintenance facilities as well as to facilitate significant
private investment in marine industrial development.

The properties located at 1725 Pennsylvania Avenue next to the Port  
of Washington Narrows in Puget Sound were used for various industrial  
purposes starting in the 1920s including; a coal gasification plant,  
fuel-oil storage and distribution company, sandblasting / painting /  
electroplating operation, concrete manufacturing, vehicle repair,  
painting, and a salvage yard.

...

For the entire article, see
http://kpbj.com/headlines/environment/2011-11-04/ 
old_bremerton_gasworks_site_getting_more_attention_proposed_for_nat

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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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