[CPEO-BIF] North Wilkesboro, North Carolina

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Proactive initiative

Wilkes Journal-Patriot (NC)
June 8, 2016 

The Town of North Wilkesboro is moving ahead with efforts to identify and cleanup “brownfields,” which the Environmental Protection Agency defines as a former industrial or commercial site with real or perceived environmental contamination that impacts the property’s future use.

These sites can include everything from property where gas storage tanks once were buried to old industrial sites. Portions of the old C.C. Smoot & Sons Tannery property are an example of potential brownfield sites in North Wtilkesboro.

Tuesday night, the North Wilkesboro commissioners approved an agreement employing Mid-Atlantic Associates Inc., an engineering firm in Raleigh, to help the town apply for EPA grants to fund the identification of brownfield sites in the town.

Mid-Atlantic also will help the town develop a plan for the second phase, which is getting the sites on a prioritized statewide brownfield list and seeking EPA funds for cleaning them up.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.journalpatriot.com/opinion/proactive-initiative/article_ac07fc94-2d9b-11e6-b865-1bef23fdcf75.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
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