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I tr New, By: JIM FLYNN/Chronicle Editor, Hamden Chronicle April 18, 2001
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S;°;m__°m Angry residents in search of answers expressed concems
Opinions over lack of infomation about contaminated land
. surroundin Hamden Middle School and Rochford Field
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Pom Log while federal and state environmental officials tried to lim
Nm smh explain past and future plans in regards to the site.
°¤mm¤¤'*Y News The Environmental Protection Agency began taking samples of soil on
I p CT pu,,m,,,,,,,, residential property Monday, part of their plan to address the problem.
I F` °l°”m°d' However a number of residents of the Newhall neighborhood, including
I it mace Your members of the Newhall Coalition, showed up last week to a meeting
lassitied Ad hosted bythe EPA to protest the abrupt closing of Rochford Field two
I > vemnals weeks ago. Officials closed down the park without any proper notice to
I F Entertainment area residents, according to NAACP President Scott X. Esdaile.
I if T°“’“ Wk "This is a hazardous situation, said Esdaile. "lt's an emergency and needs
I e Fun and Games to be dealt like an emergency."
nagging; Also on the mind of residents were property evaluations, which have
I _ dropped due to their location on a former landnll.
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I P Srwrrs Wire! "There is not a dollar amount you can put on this," said Linda White—Epps.
,, co "l cannot move, I cannot sell my house. Our property value is obviously
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dropping and you are doing nothing.“
_ ”Our homes are built on a landfill," said Joe Fraiser, president of the
Mmmcm Newhall Coalition. "That in itself will devalue our houses. We are paying
wggrsrmgas taxes on properties that have no value inthe real estate market."
_ . * EPA officials hosted the meeting in conjunction with the state Departments
grgprgggyl mtg; of Environmental Protection and Health as well as the Quinnipiack Valley
Health District to map out a series of future testing on residential property.
_ www mm Testing on private property will take place over the next couple of weeks,
· 9** gmsgmg mm said Gilberto "Tit0" lrizarry, on-scene coordinator for the EPA.
The EPA's plan is being funded through the federal Superfunds program,
said lrizany. Mayor Carl Amento said that should it be necessary. the town
will work with state and federal govemment to provide some sort of tax
relief for the residents.
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"This is a sin of the past," said Amento. "We're revisiting it now. The state
can only allow tax relief. lf we can, we'll work with them to defer taxes and ‘
provide some relief.”
The EPA will take soil samples up to six inches in dept, said lrizarry.
Sampling that took place this past was primarily to establish where the
formal landfill existed.
New soil samples from people's yards will be tested for levels of
carcinogens, at which time the EPA will sit down with residents to discuss
options. T
The QVHD will also provide methane screening for residents, said Leslie
Balch, director of health for the district.
Councilwoman Ann Altman, D-5, represents most the people who live on
the site. She encouraged her neighbors to be patient as the problem ls
being dealt with.
Mike Harder of the DEP said it was his fault as to why residents weren‘t
informed about Rochford Field. In the future, signihcant notice will be given
to residents via meetings, newsletters and the local media, Harder said.
"We certainly have contamination issues and health issues that people
should be concemed about," said Mike Harder of the DEP. "They need to
be informed. What needs to be spent will be spent."
©Hamden Chronicle 2002
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