[CPEO-BIF] Beacon Terminal site, Beacon, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Report recommends cleanup of brownfield site, says it is not a  
significant threat

Mid-Hudson News (NY)
March 10, 2013

BEACON - A report to the state Department of Environmental  
Conservation says the Beacon Terminal site at 555 South Avenue in the  
City of Beacon poses no significant threat to public health or the  
environment, but recommends contamination on the site be remediated.



The 11 acre property adjacent to Fishkill Creek is proposed for  
development as a residential condominium complex. Two buildings,  
which were constructed around 1878 as the Tioranda Hat Works, are  
slated to be restored as a residential condominium complex with  
limited commercial use.

The site remediation investigation has found concentrations of  
chemicals in various areas of the property, including toluene, PCBs,  
poly aromatic hydrocarbons and TCE....



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For the entire article, see
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/March/10/BeaTerminal-10Mar13.htm

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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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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