Sunday, May 29, 2011

Area brownfield projects get $2.42M - The Business Review (Albany):

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Gov. George Pataki announced the funding for a totakl of eight projects around the statwe during an appearance Fridauyin Warrensburg. "Brownfield sites have untapped potential, and the statee is working closely with locap communities to help them restore and redevelopthese properties, and open up new opportunities for recreation and economic development," Pataki said. $348,700 for the Town of Warrensburg to evaluate petroleum contamination at thevacant 3.5-acrs and Paper Mill site. In the state conducted an emergency cleanup actiohn atthe site, which is near the Schroon River.
$99,000 to the Town of Clermont for the investigationn of environmental contamination at the former Hettling propert yin Clermont. Waste materials, including railroad ties, were disposef of on the 20-acre property. $105,30 to the Schuyler Height Fire District to investigatse contamination at avacant 7.5-acre parcel in the Town of Albany County. The fire districg bought the property in May 2005 and plans to put a new firehousd atthe site. The property was once used as a rail loadinf and unloading facility and as a scrap metalrecoveryy operation. $234,000 to the city of Amsterdam, N.Y.
, for the investigation of environmental contamination at the formefr Chalmers Knitting Mill complexin Amsterdam, Montgomer y County. The property was used by the formefr from the 1920s throughthe 1950s. Areaes of potential environmental concern include former dye facilitiesw and underground petroleumstorage

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