2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2012 02:00:13 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Swanson-Nunn Electric site, Evansville, Indiana
 
Possible end in sight for hazardous property

By John Martin
Evansville Courier & Press (IN)
August 31, 2012

Evansville officials have pushed for years to get the former Swanson- Nunn Electric Co. building at 420 S.E. 8th St. torn down and environmental hazards cleaned up.

They are hopeful a resolution is in sight.

Swanson-Nunn went bankrupt in 1997. Four years ago, the city filed a complaint after years of testing showed subsurface contamination on the property and surrounding sidewalks and streets.

Underground vapors emanating from Swanson-Nunn were blamed for last year's temporary closure of a nearby day care center operated by Carver Community Organization. A new filtration system enabled the center to reopen.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.courierpress.com/news/2012/aug/31/possible-end-in-sight- for-hazardous-property/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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