[CPEO-BIF] Howe's Leather site, Curwensville, Pennsylvania

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CDC hears details of brownfield site plans

By Wendy Lynn Brion
Progress (PA)
October 18, 2012

CURWENSVILLE - The Curwensville Development Corporation did not have  
a quorum again yesterday, but still discussed several items for  
informational purposes.
The CDC also heard from Rob Swales, director of the Clearfield County  
Economic Development Authority, concerning the brownfield site at the  
former Howe's Leather, currently owned by the Howe's Leather  
Liquidation Trust.

Swales brought aerial maps of the area and explained there is about  
26.5 acres to the site, made up of three parcels. He said the CCEDC  
is looking to do a transfer agreement with the trust and clean up the  
site.

There is a slurry, or sludge pond of gelatinous nitrate material,  
which needs to be cleaned. The slurry contains material suitable for  
fertilizer and is currently seeping into the West Branch of the  
Susquehanna River. Swales said when the material is removed there are  
several companies interested in it and they will have no problem  
disposing of it....


For the entire article, see
http://www.theprogressnews.com/default.asp?read=32691

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