[CPEO-BIF] Torrington, Connecticut roundtable

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield sites pose health, safety hazards officials say at Torrington roundtable talk
Officials: Old sites pose health, safety hazards

By Amanda Webster
Torrington Register Citizen (CT)
August 28, 2015


TORRINGTON - U.S. Sen. Chris Murphy and U.S. Rep. Elizabeth Esty held a roundtable discussion at City Hall on Friday to talk about the health and safety hazards that brownfield sites pose for the community.

The discussion was held in wake of a fire that tore through an abandoned factory building in Waterbury, known as the Bristol Co. factory. The fire broke out on Aug. 13 and took firefighters about 12 hours to extinguish, according to several news sources.

Several city representatives gathered at City Hall to discuss ideas on how to combat not only the economic impact of brownfield sites but also the safety risks faced by first responders in case of an emergency, like the incident in Waterbury.

“There are so many ways to talk about brownfields,” Murphy said. “There are so many cases to be made for why the remediation of these sites are so critical to Connecticut’s future.”

The immediate case to be made, according to Murphy, is the case of public safety.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.registercitizen.com/general-news/20150828/brownfield-sites-pose-health-safety-hazards-officials-say-at-torrington-roundtable-talk

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