| From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
| Date: | Fri, 17 Jul 2015 12:50:16 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Fight intensifies over toxics clean-up by Amawalk luxury-home site, " Somers, New York |
Fight intensifies over toxics clean-up by Amawalk luxury-home site by David McKay Journal News (NY) July 16, 2015 The discovery of lead contamination at an abandoned shooting range along the Amawalk Reservoir in Somers derailed developer John Harkins’ plans in the early 2000s to begin building 23 luxury homes by the source of drinking water for thousands of residents. More than a decade later, Harkins remains committed to the Granite Pointe project that his company, Suelain Realty, Inc., proposed in 1993. As Harkins pushes to win approval from the Somers Planning Board, a new offensive by citizen activists has Harkins’ company in hot water with the state Department of Environmental Conservation, which has threatened to terminate the company's pact with the state under its Brownfield Cleanup Program. … For the entire article, see http://www.lohud.com/story/news/2015/07/16/fight-intensifies-over-toxics-clean-up-amawalk-luxury-home-site/30139339/ -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 278-A Hope Street Mountain View, CA 94041 Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545 Fax: 650-961-8918 LSiegel@cpeo.org http://www.cpeo.org _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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