2007 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: 2 Nov 2007 16:26:21 -0000
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Energizer, TCE, and property values, Bennington, Vermont
 
No tax break for neighbors of Energizer

NEAL GOSWAMI
Bennington Banner (VT)
November 2, 2007

BENNINGTON - What happens to the property values of homes affected by the leaking of carcinogens at the Energizer plant will be dictated by the market, according to a town official.

"That's going to be a question that ultimately the listers will have to answer and the market will dictate," said Bennington Town Manager Stuart Hurd.

The town has no intention of offering breaks on appraisals, Hurd said. The area around the Energizer plant was reappraised earlier this year as part of the rolling reappraisal system used by the town.



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For the entire article, see
http://www.benningtonbanner.com/headlines/ci_7348406

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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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