[CPEO-BIF] "Decades, millions spent on Ogdensburg’s contaminated shore" (New York)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Decades, millions spent on Ogdensburg’s contaminated shore

By LARRY ROBINSON
Watertown Daily Times (NY)
August 13, 2017

OGDENSBURG - If not for the chain link fence and metal signs warning the public that the land beyond is contaminated, a large swath of city-owned property along the St. Lawrence River looks idyllic.

The roughly 20-acre lot where the former Diamond National Paper Mill once employed hundreds, is today abuzz with the sound of honey bees and other insects working their way across the overgrowth. It’s mid-August, and the emerald-tinged waters of the St. Lawrence River serve as a backdrop to the sprawling, empty parcel of city land, now abloom with a colorful array of Bachelor’s Buttons, Queen Anne’s Lace and other wildflowers.

But looks can be deceiving.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/news05/decades-millions-spent-on-ogdensburgs-contaminated-shore-20170813

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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