2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:00:35 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Lewis & Clark, Montana Brownfields Program
 
Brownfields program gets rolling in Lewis & Clark Cty


By EVE BYRON
Helena Independent Record (MT)
March 26, 2012

The vacant lot on Euclid Avenue next to the Knights Extended Stay motel appears primed for a commercial development, with plenty of drive-by traffic and a motivated seller. But so far, there have been no takers.

The lack of a sale may have something to do with what used to be here. The site was home to a gas station, and while all of the structures have been removed and the underground tanks emptied of fuel then filled with sand, no one knows whether the tanks ever leaked and contaminated the soil.

So under a program that pairs the Environmental Protection Agency with local governments, the site was identified as a possible “brownfield” and is expected to undergo testing for soil contamination, at no cost to the property owner. Instead, the cost of the work is being covered by a federal grant.

...

For the entire article, see
http://helenair.com/news/local/brownfields-program-gets-rolling-in- lewis-clark-cty/article_cd9edbfc-7701-11e1-a342-001871e3ce6c.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
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