[CPEO-BIF] "Former St. Marks Refinery Cleanup Project Begins, " St. Marks, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Former St. Marks Refinery Cleanup Project Begins

By: Lanetra Bennett
WCTV TV-2 News (Tallahassee, FL)
April 17, 2014

St. Marks, FL - The site of an asphalt refinery that closed down  
nearly three decades ago, could become a booming redevelopment area.

Zoe Mansfield with the City of St. Marks, says, "It was a sad day  
when it closed."

The Former St. Marks Refinery closed in 1985. But, thanks to a sub- 
grant from the City of Tallahassee, St. Marks plans to turn the  
approximately 22-acre site back to a place of prosperity.

Local officials held a groundbreaking ceremony Thursday to celebrate  
the start of cleanup, construction, and redevelopment.

Environmental Consultant Roger Register, the Branch Manager for  
Cardno, says a previous $400,000 grant allowed St. Marks to remove  
eleven above ground storage tanks left from the refinery, and more  
than 100,000 gallons of asphalt material.

...

For the entire story, see
http://www.wctv.tv/home/headlines/Former-St-Marks-Refinery-Cleanup- 
Begins-255673531.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>
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