[CPEO-BIF] Remedy proposed for Newburgh, New York former landfill

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Remedy proposed for Newburgh brownfield site contamination

Mid-Hudson News (NY)
November 27, 2023 

NEWBURGH – A proposed environmental plan for the more than 15-acre brownfield site called “5 Scobie Drive” in the City of Newburgh has been proposed.

The vacant land abounded by the Newburgh City DPW property, a tributary of Gidneytown Creek and a commercial facility, operated as an unpermitted landfill from the late 1940s until around 1976 and has not been closed in accordance with the State Department of Environmental Conservation solid waste regulations.

According to the DEC, it reportedly accepted municipal and possibly industrial and incinerator waste.

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For the entire article, see
https://midhudsonnews.com/2023/11/27/remedy-proposed-for-newburgh-brownfield-site-contamination/

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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
Voice/Fax: 650-961-8918
http://www.cpeo.org





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