[CPEO-BIF] "Conflict over proposed plan for Tonawanda Coke property, " Tonawanda, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Conflict over proposed plan for Tonawanda Coke property
Former high-ranking EPA official says leaders should reject brownfield proposal

By Daniel Telvock 
WIVB TV News (Buffalo, NY)
May 9, 2019

TONAWANDA, NY - A former high-ranking EPA official says an effort to clean up and redevelop the toxic Tonawanda Coke property with brownfield state tax credits could put taxpayers, instead of the polluters, on the hook for a less comprehensive remediation. 

A representative for Honeywell International Inc., which is legally responsible for some of the contamination on the site, said a developer approached them with a proposal to build a data tech campus on the Tonawanda Coke property.  

As a result, Honeywell has hired lobbyists at e3communications to build support among local, state and federal politicians and community organizations for the designation of the Tonawanda Coke property as a brownfield rather than a federal superfund. 

Judith Enck, the former EPA administrator for Region 2 that covers New York, told News 4 Investigates that there are major differences in how the brownfield and superfund programs work. 


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For the entire article, see
https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/conflict-over-proposed-plan-for-tonawanda-coke-property/1992804739

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Lenny Siegel
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Center for Public Environmental Oversight
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