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Dewey desired to receive Act 2 cleanup liability protection for soils at the site, and a new uniform Environmental Covenants Act style Deed Notice is being placed at the site. To fully protect residents, vapor barriers were installed in each individual building. Additionally, although not required, EPA requested that five random soil samples be taken at the completion of redevelopment as a check, and all samples were found to be below PADEP's most stringent residential standards. In addition to winning a prestigious Montgomery award, Station Square site redevelopment has been hailed at a large number of regional real estate and national redevelopment journals as a model of "smart growth". The site is located adjacent to a SEPTA Regional Rail line station, and provides very attractive housing for many employees in Montgomery County's pharmaceutical research and production facilities. Although the overall project took a substantial number of years to complete, the expert level management of redevelopment by Tony Lordi and Charles Elliott of Dewey Commercial made sure that all project elements were carefully managed resulted in an award winning redevelopment project of which everyone can be proud. Although Act 2 cleanup liability protection for the soil media was not a regulatory requirement, as RT has found again and again, the availability of statutory cleanup liability protection that runs with the land, is an important and timely incentive that redevelopers want, as final proof that redevelopment has been properly completed from an environmental standpoint. RT appreciates the opportunity to work with Dewey Commercial on this project. Also participating on the Station Square project with RT were Barton Partners (Architects) and Kermit Rader, Esq. of Wolf Block (Environmental Counsel).
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