[CPEO-MEF] Belle Mead Supply Depot early transfer

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Depot buyer may get cleanup bill 

By:Roger Alvarado
Hillsborough Beacon )NJ)
November 26, 2004

Township Administrator Kevin Davis says the cost of carrying out the
remaining contamination cleanup at the 360-acre Belle Mead Supply Depot
likely will prohibit the township from buying the property if it's put
up for sale.

The General Services Administration Office of Property Disposal, which
owns the property, has asked acting Gov. Richard Codey to consider
allowing it to find a buyer for the property before it finishes its
cleanup of the site.

"The process is called early transfer," William Costa said. "It's part
of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability
Act (CERCLA) and what it does in effect is it places the responsibility
of the environmental cleanup on either the GSA or the current owner."

Right now the process is in a state of repose until Dec. 11 in order to
allow the public to offer input on the matter, Mr. Costa said.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13443796&BRD=1091&PAG=461&dept_id=425742&rfi=6

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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