[CPEO-BIF] Wilton Tannery site, Wilton, Maine

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wilton seeks grant for tannery site cleanup

By Ann Bryant
Lewiston Sun-Journal (ME)
November 17, 2011

WILTON - Selectmen voted unanimously Tuesday to move forward on an  
application for a $200,000 grant to help prepare the former Wilton  
Tannery site for future development.

After completing an environmental Phase II Brownfields Assessment and  
a feasibility study, Jean Firth from the state Department of  
Environmental Protection provided selectmen with assessment results  
and future options for the property Tuesday during a public hearing.

After hearing the options, the board voted to apply for a federal  
Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields grant to consolidate  
contaminated materials into the site's landfill, seal and cap it. The  
estimated cost for this option is $240,000, she said.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.sunjournal.com/news/franklin/2011/11/17/wilton-seeks-grant- 
tannery-site-cleanup/1116619

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