[CPEO-BIF] Geneva Foundry, Geneva, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

City eyes Geneva Foundry cleanup

By DAVID L. SHAW 
Finger Lakes Times (NY)
July 14, 2016
 

GENEVA - City Council took what may be a big step toward the cleanup and redevelopment of the Geneva Foundry property on Jackson Street.

Council voted 9-0 Wednesday to pre-apply for a spot in the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program, an initiative that offers cleanup recommendations, a liability waiver to the city and future developers, and tax credits for redevelopment of the site for specified new uses.

“I’ve been involved with this site since 1998,” reported At-Large Councilor Gordy Eddington, the city’s former director of public works. “It’s been a challenge. We’ll have to train our workers on remediation, but it’s good to see something happening.”

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For the entire article, see
http://www.fltimes.com/news/city-eyes-geneva-foundry-cleanup/article_c557e296-49c9-11e6-95cc-ab9e87c6a03b.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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
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