[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: "River clean-up details holding up [Stratford, CT] engine plant deal"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

River clean-up details holding up engine plant deal

By Greg Reilly
Stratford Star (CT)
June 18, 2014

The largest remaining hurdle to be overcome before the sale of the  
Stratford Army Engine Plant to Point Stratford Renewal (PSR) can be  
completed continues to be the Connecticut Department of Energy and  
Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the owners of the plant, the U.S.  
Army, agreeing on what will be required to clean up the Housatonic  
riverbed adjacent to the property, it was disclosed during a meeting  
here on Monday.

Mud samples have been taken from the riverbed and analysis by DEEP is  
underway. Results are expected to be formalized by August, according  
to Stratford Economic Development Director Karen Kaiser. Progress is  
being made, but months pass by.
Once DEEP decides how much cleanup will be required, there may be  
some negotiating with the Army, which agreed in the purchase-sale  
agreement to be responsible for remediating the riverbed. When an  
agreement is reached on the scope of work, the Army would then  
determine how much it will pay to get the work accomplished.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.stratfordstar.com/23426/river-clean-up-details-holding-up- 
engine-plant-deal/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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