[CPEO-MEF] Fort Totten "Gift"

[andersa@spot.Colorado.EDU]

Remember Love Canal?  Hooker Chemical transferred their liability for a
massive chemical waste dump to the Love Canal area school district for $1, a
supposed generous gift.  This is an oft-used practice by corporate polluters
and government polluters as well.  My advice is to fully scrutinize the deed
and see if there were any deed restrictions or notifications of its
environmental hazards in the deed.

Adrienne Anderson
Environmental Studies Instructor
University of Colorado at Boulder


-----Original Message-----
From: CPEO Moderator [mailto:cpeo@cpeo.org]
Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 5:47 PM
To: cpeo-military@igc.topica.com
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] Fort Totten

[This was posted to the listserve by Christopher Syrett,
csyrett@earthlink.net.]

To whom it may concern,

I work for the forestry restoration crew of the New York City Parks
Department Natural Resources Group. Recently we were given a field
office in Fort Totten, a decommisioned (or semi-decommisioned) Army
base in northern Queens. We thought we were very fortunate to be
offered a space at this historic site. However, last week I saw a map
that listed it, or portions of it, as a Superfund site. To say the
least, this has been quite disconconcerting, but I haven't been able
to find any specific information about the site.

I was hoping that you may perhaps know more about the toxins at Fort
Totten and I would very much appreciate if you could forward me any
information or further contacts.

Sincerely,

Christopher Syrett
New York City

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