U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working with developer iPark 87 to remove asbestos from the Tech City site in Ulster County, N.Y.
According to a June 9 EPA news release, the cleanup is part of the EPA's Superfund program and will include the removal of three large piles of demolition debris contaminated with asbestos as well as the abatement of asbestos in one of the buildings.
“EPA has worked diligently to get the asbestos identified at TechCity cleaned up and this settlement is key to that process," EPA Regional Administrator Lisa Garcia said in the release. “By working closely with the iPark 87, LLC, as well as our state and local partners, this cleanup will help put the site back into productive use. EPA collaborates with property owners and communities to reclaim and reuse formerly contaminated land to boost local economies and create jobs."
The Tech City site is a former IBM computer manufacturing facility, which had been in operation for more than 30 years until 1998 when it was sold and re-branded as TechCity, operating as a multi-tenant industrial park, according to the news release.
