From: | Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org> |
Date: | Wed, 15 May 2019 08:45:03 -0700 (PDT) |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] "Conflict over proposed plan for Tonawanda Coke property, " Tonawanda, New York |
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. … For the entire article, see https://www.wivb.com/news/local-news/conflict-over-proposed-plan-for-tonawanda-coke-property/1992804739 -- 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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