2015 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Sat, 3 Oct 2015 00:41:18 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: [CPEO-BIF] "Lower Providence [Pennsylvania] Board of Supervisors reviews proposed home development" on TCE plume
 
Lower Providence Board of Supervisors reviews proposed home development


By Carl Rotenberg
Times Herald (PA)
October 1, 2015

LOWER PROVIDENCE - Final site plans for a 12-lot single-family development off Cross Keys Road were reviewed Thursday by the board of supervisors.

“We are proposing a 12-lot subdivision. There will be a storm water basin. We are planning sidewalks along part of Germantown Pike and along Cross Keys Road,” said Christopher Canavan, the senior vice president of W.B. Homes of North Wales.

...

The developer’s plan to deal with trichloroethylene (TCE) contamination in one area of the development was discussed by state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) officials in mid-May with the board and residents. The contamination is located in the northeast corner of the parcel, between the proposed town houses and part of the Superior Tube plant. TCE is a nonflammable, colorless liquid that is used mainly as a solvent. TCE contamination was discovered in the ground owned by Superior Tube.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.timesherald.com/general-news/20151001/lower-providence-board-of-supervisors-reviews-proposed-home-development

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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