[CPEO-BIF] "Plan to build housing on contaminated Bishop Tube site in Chester County [Pennsylvania] faces major setback"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Plan to build housing on contaminated Bishop Tube site in Chester County faces major setback

by Frank Kummer
Philadelphia Inquirer (PA)
April 29, 2019

A Pennsylvania environmental board has essentially scrapped two state actions that would have paved the way for developer Brian O’Neill to build housing on a contaminated Chester County site.

The ruling on Friday appears to be a major setback for Constitution Drive Partners, a limited partnership involving O’Neill. The company wants to build housing at the defunct Bishop Tube site, contaminated by a variety of hazardous compounds.

The Pennsylvania Environmental Hearing Board concluded that amendments to an agreement with the developer stretching back to 2007 and 2010 not only are “arbitrary and capricious, ” but also “are void."
“This is yet another environmental David and Goliath story,” said Maya van Rossum, leader of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.philly.com/science/climate/bishop-tube-east-whiteland-frazer-constitution-drive-partners-20190429.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>
http://www.cpeo.org

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