2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:45:54 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Former pesticide plant, Cary, North Carolina
 
Fertile future for barren property
DEVELOPER PLANS TO CLEAN UP LAND TAINTED BY TOXIC CHEMICALS

BY ANDREW KENNEY
Cary News (NC)
August 30, 2011

CARY - A fenced lot near downtown lays well kept but fallow. Developers have shied from the land since the discovery of hazardous chemicals and organics in its soil 25 years ago.

Now a developer has state permission to partially clean and eventually redevelop the two acres, which sit just north of the split of East Durham Road and East Chapel Hill Street. The town of Cary has endorsed the partial cleanup project and recently boosted it by waiving a sidewalk construction requirement.

Jerry Deakle bought the land in April for about $335,000 from Austin Foods, according to property records. Deakle's company, Reland Development, specializes in contaminated property.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.carynews.com/2011/08/30/42554/fertile-future-for-barren- property.html

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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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