[CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, CLOSURE: Starmet ordered to cvacate Concord (MA) site

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Firm may face penalties for staying at Superfund site
Firm fails to vacate Superfund site

By Jennifer Fenn Lefferts
Boston Globe
May 25, 2008

The company that owns a 46-acre Superfund site in Concord has violated 
its agreement with the state to leave the contaminated property, and 
could face legal action within the next few weeks, a state public health 
official said.

Suzanne Condon, director of the Department of Public Health's bureau of 
environmental health, said Starmet Corp. had agreed to vacate its 
facilities on Main Street last fall. But the company has not moved and 
now faces penalties and strict enforcement action, she said.

"They have clearly now violated the agreement and we have to call for an 
administrative hearing citing them for violation of the agreement. Then 
the attorney general can take much stronger enforcement action," she 
said last week.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2008/05/25/firm_may_face_penalties_for_staying_at_superfund_site?mode=PF

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Lenny Siegel
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