[CPEO-BIF] "Massive cleanup costs at former Belchertown State School..." Belchertown, Massachusetts

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Massive cleanup costs at former Belchertown State School force officials to seek EPA Brownfields designation for additional funding

By Jim Russell 
Springfield Republican (MA)
November 30, 2016 

BELCHERTOWN -- When the town purchased 259 acres and numerous buildings belonging to the former Belchertown State School for $10 in 1992, it also bought a toxic mess.

Significant strides have been made the past three years to clean up the massive amounts of pollution, including a $4.6 million effort funded by the state.

But a "prohibitive" amount of money would be needed to fully remediate the land and safely remove dozens of abandoned buildings, according to an application from the town to the federal Environmental Protection Agency seeking to designate the area as a Brownfields site.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.masslive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/11/massive_cleanup_costs_at_forme.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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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