Connecticut forum looks for contaminated sites

February 12, 2008 - Michael Moore of the Norwalk Redevelopment Agency said there may be as many as 262 brownfields in the city because of its industrial past.

Armed with $400,000 in federal Environmental Protection Agency grants to assess different properties, Moore and environmental scientist Amy Czerwonka held a public information forum yesterday at police headquarters.

"There are tons of properties that were once gas stations, auto repair places and dry cleaners," Czerwonka said. "It doesn't mean that these properties have contamination but that they're potential brownfields due to their historic land use.

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