[CPEO-BIF] Kimberly-Clark mill site, Everett, Washington

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Port considers buying K-C mill site
First, though, there are lots of questions to be answered about the  
heavily polluted Kimberly-Clark property.

By Debra Smith
Everett Herald (WA)
May 13, 2012

EVERETT -- The Port of Everett is aggressively exploring whether it  
should buy the 66-acre Kimberly-Clark site, which is for sale after  
the waterfront pulp-paper mill closed last month.

It will likely be months before port officials make a decision, and  
because of environmental problems it would likely be a long time  
before the property could be used. "We're trying to think 40 or 50  
years ahead," said Les Reardanz, the port's chief administrative  
officer.

It's a rare piece of real estate: a large, industrial tract with  
access to a deep-water channel on Puget Sound, a wharf, a railroad,  
truck access and a huge, dedicated water supply pipeline.

The port's South Terminal is just south of the mill site, and the  
port could use the property to expand shipping operations, Reardanz  
said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120513/NEWS01/705139931

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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
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