[CPEO-BIF] Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co. (TS&T) site, Chester, West Virginia

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Cleanup of former pottery site earns Environmental Impact Award

The Review
September 23, 2018

CHARLESTON, W.Va. - During the annual 2018 West Virginia Brownfields Conference in Charleston last week, the Business Development Corporation of the Northern Panhandle (BDC), and its partners, Hancock County Commission and city of Chester, were recognized with the Environmental Impact Award for the top brownfield redevelopment project in the state for the former TS&T Potter site, now the Rock Springs Business Park, in Chester.

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The Taylor, Smith & Taylor Co. (TS&T) was in operation from 1900-81 in Chester. TS&T was purchased by Anchor Hocking in 1972, and continued to produce dinnerware until it closed in 1981. The site was used as a barge cleaning operation in the mid-80s and early-90s. With the closure of barge cleaning operation, the large abandoned structures on the 9-acre site fell into disrepair. The site quickly became an eyesore and redevelopment attempts were thwarted due to the underlying soil contamination, including lead from the deteriorated ceramic debris, asbestos issues and half demolished buildings.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.reviewonline.com/news/community-news/2018/09/cleanup-of-former-pottery-site-earns-environmental-impact-award/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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