[CPEO-BIF] Bradford Dyeing Association property, Westerly, Rhode Island

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Westerly to seek EPA grant for cleanup of old mill's wastewater lagoons

by Dale Faulkner
Westerly Sun (RI)
December 27, 2018

WESTERLY - Town officials plan to apply for a $500,000 grant from the federal government to fund the cleanup of four lagoons that were used to treat chemicals and other wastewater at the former Bradford Dyeing Association property. If approved, the town would be required to contribute $100,000 toward the cost of the work.

The 61-acre property at 460 Bradford Road, which was used as a textile mill from 1911 to 2012, is currently in receivership, a state-court process akin to bankruptcy. Town officials, concerned that the property represented a public health risk, petitioned a Superior Court judge in June, asking him to place the property in receivership. Local taxes of more than $200,000 have not been paid, and two federal liens have been placed on the property.

Town Manager J. Mark Rooney asked for the Town Council's "consent" to apply for the grant during a special meeting of the council on Dec. 21. A letter outlining the need for the grant from Lisa Pellegrini, director of development services, was read aloud during the meeting. Council President Christopher Duhamel recused from discussion of the grant because of a conflict of interest arising from his job as  vice president of DiPrete Engineering, a civil engineering firm.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/westerly/westerly-to-seek-epa-grant-for-cleanup-of-old-mill/article_e87c7854-0943-11e9-9d32-d3b8c98bae77.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
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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