[CPEO-BIF] "DEC approves Tonawanda Coke site for brownfield, Superfund cleanups, " Tonawanda, New York

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

DEC approves Tonawanda Coke site for brownfield, Superfund cleanups

By Jonathan D. Epstein
Buffalo News ()NJY)
February 15, 2020
 
Two agreements will clear the way for cleaning up the polluted former Tonawanda Coke property to enable its redevelopment as a data center campus.

State officials will oversee the voluntary private brownfield cleanup on part of the polluted property by developer Jon Williams. Other sections of the sprawling factory site will be cleaned by Honeywell International through the state's Superfund Program, under a separate consent order announced Friday.

Some environmentalists had objected to using the Brownfield Cleanup Program for part of the site, preferring the strict Superfund for the entire property. But state officials and Williams called the brownfield program a better option to get the job done quickly, while following the same standards.

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For the entire article, see
https://buffalonews.com/2020/02/14/dec-approves-tonawanda-coke-site-for-brownfield-and-superfund-cleanups/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
A project of the Pacific Studies Center
LSiegel@cpeo.org
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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