[CPEO-BIF] Orangeburg Pipe property, Orangeburg, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup completed at Rockland brownfield site

Mid-Hudson News (NY)
November 18, 2013

ORANGEBURG - The State Department of Environmental Conservation has  
announced that action has been completed to address contamination at  
the Orangeburg Commons site at 170 Route 303 in Orangeburg.

The almost 16-site was a portion of the Orangeburg Pipe property  
which began manufacturing pipe in the 1890s. The site was reported to  
be used primarily for storage, but pipe that did not meet  
specifications was also disposed of there.

Prior to 1946, the pipe was manufactured by impregnating paper fiber  
cylinders with coal tar pitch. From 1946 through 1970, a paper/ 
asbestos mixture was used to make the cylinders. After 1970, a  
fibrous, magnesium oxide mineral replaced asbestos in the process.   
After manufacturing ceased in 1973, most of the manufacturing  
facility on the adjacent property was destroyed by fire with the  
remaining structures reportedly demolished and deposited at the  
project site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.midhudsonnews.com/News/2013/November/18/ 
Orbrg_remed-18Nov13.html

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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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