[CPEO-BIF] "Final contract approved for salvage yard cleanup, " Goshen, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Final contract approved for salvage yard cleanup
High levels of lead found in basin

by JOHN KLINE
GOSHEN NEWS (IN)
December 13, 2017
 
     
GOSHEN — Goshen Redevelopment Commission members Tuesday approved a final contract amendment needed to close out ongoing environmental cleanup work at the former Ramirez Salvage Yard on the city’s east side.

According to Becky Hershberger, brownfield coordinator for the city, the commission in 2012 executed an agreement with Environmental Consulting & Technology Inc. for Brownfield Revolving Loan Fund grant assistance with the intention being that the grant funding, provided to the city by the EPA and totaling about $1 million, would be loaned to other entities for environmental remediation work throughout the city.

“In 2014, the decision was made for the city to loan the funds to the commission instead for use at the former salvage yard at 828 E. Lincoln Ave. to complete remediation activities and an agreement amendment was completed in January 2017 to allow for ECT’s oversight of the project on the city’s behalf,” Hershberger said of the agreement.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.goshennews.com/news/local_news/final-contract-approved-for-salvage-yard-cleanup/article_0338f43c-e027-5f25-9051-6aaadcc14e08.html

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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
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<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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