From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Tue, 5 Dec 2017 15:13:24 -0800 (PST) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Al Tech Specialty Steel site, Dunkirk, New York |
Former steel plant more contaminated than anticipated Undevelopable by NICOLE GUGINO Dunkirk Evening Observer (NY) December 3, 2017 Sometimes when you go digging, you find buried treasure. Not so the case for the Lucas Avenue Superfund site in the city of Dunkirk. At a recent Department of Public Works Committee meeting, City DPW Director Randy Woodbury told Common Council members the contamination of the former Al Tech Specialty Steel plant was the “worse than they anticipated.” “I go to their meetings, of course, it’s a (Department of Environmental Conservation) project, it’s $5 million for remediation on that brownfield. Even after they’ve done $5 million, it’s not shovel-ready brownfield. The contamination was quite severe there, but it’s going to be protected, the contamination will be sealed in the ground,” Woodbury said. … For the entire article, see http://www.observertoday.com/news/page-one/2017/12/former-steel-plant-more-contaminated-than-anticipated/ -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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