[CPEO-BIF] Master Cleaners site, Guilderland, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

New owner of old dry cleaners asks for brownfield cleanup

by Elizabeth Floyd Mair
Altamont Enterprise (NY)
September 7, 2016


GUILDERLAND - The owner of the old and vacant dry cleaners at 2312 Western Ave. has applied to be named a brownfield cleanup site. According to the application, the property lies about 1,000 feet from the Hunger Kill, a creek that feeds into the Watervliet Reservoir, the town’s main water source.

Remedial costs for removing toxins from the site of the former Master Cleaners will be approximately $400,000 to $700,000, depending on the methods used, the application says.

“Most former dry cleaners that apply do get in, just because of sloppy historic practices,” said Robert Cozzy of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, which runs the Brownfield Cleanup Program.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.altamontenterprise.com/09072016/new-owner-old-dry-cleaners-asks-brownfield-cleanup

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Lenny Siegel
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