[CPEO-BIF] Former Philru Knitting Mills, Ridgewood, Queens, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Looking For Toxins At Ridgewood Site
DEC Probes Former Knitting Mills

by Robert Pozarycki
Ridgewood Times Newsweekly (Queens, NY)
January 2, 2014

State agencies will oversee an investigation slated to begin later  
this year regarding the extent of contamination at the former site of  
two knitting mills in Ridgewood, it was announced.

The Times Newsweekly received last Tuesday, Dec. 24, information from  
the state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) regarding a  
"draft investigation work plan" currently being created for the  
former Philru Knitting Mills located inside neighboring one-story  
structures at 1614-1632 Madison St., between Myrtle and Wyckoff avenues.

Public comments on the plan are being accepted by the DEC through  
Friday, Jan. 10.

According to the DEC, the investigative work will be performed by  
1614 Madison Partners LLC, under supervision by the agency and the  
state Health Department, as part of the Brownfields Cleanup Program,  
which offers incentives to property owners to clean up contaminated  
locations for reuse and redevelopment.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/news/2014-01-02/Front_Page/ 
Looking_For_Toxins_At_Ridgewood_Site.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
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