[CPEO-BIF] O’Sullivan’s Island, Connecticut

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

O’Sullivan’s Island a step closer to remediation after Connecticut awards it $200K


By Patricia Villers
New Haven Register
April 16, 2014

DERBY - Local officials Wednesday hailed a $200,000 state grant that will help revitalize a Brownfield site on O’Sullivan’s Island.

The Board of Aldermen in January voted to close O’Sullivan’s Island to the public because of health concerns over suspected contamination. The closure included Phase III of the recreational Greenway.

Derby is part of the Regional Brownfields Partnership. O’Sullivan’s Island has been a Brownfield site for many years. Despite its name, the strip of land is a peninsula at the confluence of the Naugatuck and Housatonic rivers.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nhregister.com/general-news/20140416/osullivans-island-a-step-closer-to-remediation-after-connecticut-awards-it-200000

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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