[CPEO-BIF] "Contamination Threatens New Exploris School Site, " Raleigh, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Contamination Threatens New Exploris School Site

By: Ariella Monti
Raleign Public Record (NC)
February 25, 2014

Unknown risks associated with groundwater contamination have halted plans to turn the former Moore Square Salvation Army building into a temporary elementary school.

By a vote of 3 to 1 Tuesday, members of the Budget and Economic Development Committee denied a two-year lease with Exploris Charter School for the city-owned site. The vote will have to be finalized by the full City Council next week.

Councilor Eugene Weeks cast the dissenting vote.

Councilors said they want to work with Exploris to build the school, but hesitated on approving the lease because of the unknown risks associated with the site. Environmental studies have shown that the groundwater is contaminated with dry cleaning chemicals, and the city is in the process of applying for the Environmental Protection Agency's brownfields status.

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For the entire article, see
http://raleighpublicrecord.org/news/2014/02/25/contamination-threatens-new-exploris-school-site/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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