From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:05:11 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Queen Anne Square, Newport, Rhode Island |
City Identifies Toxics Beneath Queen Anne Square By KYLE HENCE ecoRI News ()RI) February 26, 2012NEWPORT - The city has discovered environmental contaminants in soil from Queen Anne Square at levels that prompted a recent meeting at the state Department of Environmental Management (DEM). Scott Wheeler, of the city's Parks Department; Pieter Roos, of the Newport Restoration Foundation; Jeff Moniz of construction contractor Farrar & Associates Inc.; and Rick Mandile and Bruce Clark of Sage Environmental all joined DEM senior waste management engineer Joe Martella for the meeting. On Feb. 24, the city submitted a "Hazardous Material Release Form" required whenever detected contaminants at any site within state jurisdiction exceed limits delineated by DEM regulations. ecoRI News first reported on environmental concerns at Queen Anne Square in December and again in January, when soil sampling began - the first step in the city-approved construction project to re- fashion the downtown public park. ... For the entire article, seehttp://www.ecori.org/front-page-journal/2012/2/26/city-identifies- toxics-beneath-queen-anne-square.html -- 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> http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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