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New Haven Independent: Spring Rains Delay Six Lakes Testing

Six Lakes Park Coalition organizer Justin Farmer. Photo credit: Brian Slattery.

The Olin Corporation is late in delivering its report about its investigation of contamination at Six Lakes, the 102.5-acre stretch of Olin property in southern Hamden that was once a munitions testing area and toxic materials dumping ground and, left alone for decades, is now a forested ecosystem with a diversity of wildlife usually seen in more remote places. The reason for Olin’s delay: spring rain, according to John Duff, environmental analyst at the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP).

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New Haven Register: Could a contaminated, 102-acre property in southern Hamden become Connecticut’s next state park?

HAMDEN — In 1969, local conservationists first approached the owner of a 102.5-acre contaminated property in the southern part of town about cleaning it up and turning it into a state park.

More than half a century later, Six Lakes is still heavily polluted and closed to the public, despite growing calls for remediation and a strong desire from the state to preserve more undeveloped land as open space.

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New Haven Independent: Six Lakes Park’s Future Sought

Trails for wheelchairs and strollers. A pavilion for events and education programs. Kayaking and fishing.

All these ideas and more emerged from a meeting at Thornton Wilder Hall at Miller Library in Hamden, held by Six Lakes Park Coalition, as the coalition invited the public to submit input on what a future state park in the middle of Hamden might look like, and how it might best serve the community around it.

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New Haven Register: Hamden’s Olin Powder Farm sees first tests in years, but more studies needed to uncover contamination, officials say

HAMDEN — Olin Powder Farm recently underwent its first environmental testing in years, but more studies are needed to uncover the extent of contamination at the 102.5-acre site before it can become valuable open space for residents, officials said…

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New Haven Independent: Powder Farm Takes First Step Toward Remediation

After decades of stasis, the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the Olin Corporation have taken the first steps toward remediating the Powder Farm in southern Hamden, with an eye to transforming the over 100-acre parcel of land from environmental hazard to forested public park. But there’s still a long road ahead.

That was the message from a public meeting held at Keefe Community Center at 11 Pine St. in Hamden, at which DEEP officials laid out the process for testing the soil and water at the Powder Farm in order to create a plan for remediation that — once completed — would allow for the possibility of opening the land to the public.

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