2008 CPEO Military List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 18:26:40 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-military
Subject: [CPEO-MEF] RADIATION, CLOSURE: Starmet ordered to cvacate Concord (MA) site
 
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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