[CPEO-BIF] Former coal gasification plant, Lewes, Delaware

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public invited to comment on Lewes brownfield
Neighboring property housed coal gasification plant


by Nick Roth
Cape Gazette (DE)
October 14, 2016

The public is invited to comment on a proposed brownfield development agreement for a 1.04-acre parcel near Kings Highway and Beach Plum Drive in Lewes. Comments will be accepted through Monday, Oct. 17.

A coal gasification plant operated on the adjacent property from 1924 to 1932, and coal may have been stored on the site. The property was also home to the Queen Anne Railroad at one time.

According to Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control documents, the property owner intends to sell to prospective developer Hotel California LLC, which intends to build a bakery/restaurant with second-floor apartments.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.capegazette.com/article/public-invited-comment-lewes-brownfield/118020

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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 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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