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  • Call NumberGEHP_0071
  • TitleHazardous Neighbors? Living next door to industry in Greenpoint-Williamsburg
  • SummaryChapters -- 1. Hazardous Materials Accidents. 2. Greenpoint-Williamsburg. 3. Toxic Chemical Storage in Greenpoint-Williamsburg: A Threat to Community Safety?. 4. Bulk Storage of Petroleum and Natural Gas in Greenpoint-Williamsburg. 5. Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Storage in Greenpoint-Williamsburg. 6. Community Action for Safer Neighborhoods. Appendices -- A. Regulation of Hazardous Materials. B. Facilities Identified through "New York Sate Informational Data Bases for the Development of Chemical Emergency Plans". C. Preparation of the Profiles of Companies that Store Extremely Hazardous Chemicals. D. Comparison of LEPC List of Companies Storing Extremely Hazardous Substances with CEHC Priority Investigation List. E. Contacting Government Agencies for Information about Companies and Chemicals. With photographs, maps and tables.
  • Date1989
  • Formattext
  • Physical Description1 image file : digital, PDF
  • Genrereports
  • NoteTitle supplied by cataloger. Original document digitized on August 4, 2018, as a TIFF. Donated for capture by Kim Fraser through the Greenpoint Environmental History Project of Brooklyn Public Library. This project is funded through the Greenpoint Community Environmental Fund.
  • CreatorCommunity Environmental Health Center at Hunter College
  • SubjectHazardous waste sites ; Hazardous wastes ; Public safety ; Chemicals--Storage ; Chemical industry--Accidents ; Waste disposal sites--New York (State)--New York ; Superfund sites ; Incinerator
  • PlaceGreenpoint (New York, N.Y.)Williamsburg (New York, N.Y.)
  • Cite AsGreenpoint Environmental History Project, Brooklyn Public Library, Center for Brooklyn History
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