2009 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2009 22:58:31 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Fall Brook site, Corning, New York
 
Contaminated? DEC to test Fall Brook site


By Jeffery Smith
Corning Leader (NY)
September 30, 2009

Corning, N.Y. - The process of finding out what lies under the former Fall Brook site on Tioga Avenue begins today.
Soil samples will be taken to determine if the site of the former glass 
manufacturing plant is contaminated. If hazardous waste is found, then 
the DEC and Corning Inc., which owns the property, will craft a plan to 
clean it up.
Sarah Horvath, a Corning Inc. spokesman, said the investigation will 
take 4-6 weeks to complete.
The investigation is the first step in potentially cleaning the site 
under the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program. Horvath said the 
Brownfield designation does not mean the site is contaminated.

....

For the entire article, see
http://www.the-leader.com/news/x1128388186/Contaminated-DEC-to-test-Fall-Brook-site

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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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