[CPEO-BIF] Ogdensburg, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club property latest to be considered for environmental cleanup

By LARRY ROBINSON
JOHNSON NEWSPAPERS (NY)
APRIL 5, 2015 

OGDENSBURG - City officials are working with the Ogdensburg Kiwanis Club to remediate contamination from a 5.8-acre plot of land the organization owns near the St. Lawrence River as part of the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program.

The Kiwanis property, now vacant, is on the north side of Riverside Avenue near the former Augsbury oil tank farm and has seen wide-ranging use as an industrial and commercial site since the 1890s. Past uses have included a lumber yard, coal yard, sash and blind factory and bulk oil storage lot, according to officials.

Ogdensburg Planning and Development Director Andrea L. Smith said although the city has been working with property owners at or near the former Augsbury site for several years to determine the extent of contamination in the area, the Kiwanis Club only recently submitted an application seeking inclusion in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program. The goal of the program is to aid voluntary private-sector cleanups of brownfields and to reduce development pressure on other so-called “greenfield” locations, according to Ms. Smith.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/ogdensburg-kiwanis-club-property-latest-to-be-considered-for-environmental-cleanup-20150405

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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