Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Save Land, Trees, the Planet

[Peter Starr (startrak]

>John Willson  Cascade CoHousing  Tasmania, Australia.
>JOHN.WILLSON [at] DELM.TAS.GOV.AU is the author of the message below but due
>to a listserv problem it was posted by the COHOUSING-L sysop (Fred).
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>>        Reply to:   RE>>Save Land, Trees, the Planet:
>>Hi Joyce,
>>I was wondering if you will be experiencing water or air pollution in your
>>common house built over the diesel truck shop. 

>Generally old service stations are classified as a contaminated site unless
>there is evidence the site is clean.

I'm not Joyce but, as I happen to be a member of the Marsh Commons project, 
I want to clarify some points (before this server goes down for the weekend)

First the site was never a service station, ever.  Joyce never once said 
that the site was a diesel truck service station, merely that trucks were 
parked there, by their owners.  The building was completely sand blasted and 
residues removed, and tests were done on the grounds outside the building 
and came up negative.  As we are still looking for several members and want 
the project projected in an accurate way, I feel compelled to quell this 
rumor before it spreads like an oil slick. 

Peter Starr
           Starr Track
We Track the Natural Products industry
  Peter Starr___________Sara Starr