[CPEO-BIF] Niagara Falls, New York North End

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

A new plan for North End Tract II site

By Mark Scheer
Niagara Gazette (NY)
February 26, 2012

NIAGARA FALLS - The state DEC is proposing another new cleanup plan  
for a long-dormant North End brownfield site that is currently slated  
for redevelopment.



Previous soil samplings taken by the New York State Department of  
Environmental Conservation at the Tract II site off Highland Avenue  
found nearly 50 percent of the waste and fill materials on the  
eastern end of the property have lead contamination at levels high  
enough to be considered hazardous waste.



Last year, the agency proposed removing the material to a depth of 9  
feet as part of an effort to reclaim the property. Earlier this  
month, the DEC announced that it has amended the plan following a  
review of soil sampling and waste treatability studies and after  
consulting with Honeywell International Inc., a company identified  
earlier in the process as a "potentially responsible party" for the  
lead contamination.

...

For the entire article, see
http://niagara-gazette.com/local/x843245273/A-new-plan-for-North-End- 
Tract-II-site

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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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