fuel tanks at 60 Hudson draw community concerns

Mon Jul 11 15:24:19 UTC 2005

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/11/nyregion/11fuel.html?

Building's Extra Fuel Tanks Raise Concerns in TriBeCa

By JENNIFER MEDINA
Published: July 11, 2005

Saying that a dangerous amount of diesel fuel is stored in a 25-story building in TriBeCa, elected officials and residents called on Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg yesterday to rescind a variance that permits its storage.

The fuel, they warned, could lead to a major fire if there were a terrorist attack or other disaster.

The city's Department of Buildings granted a variance to the owners of the tower at 60 Hudson Street late last month, allowing the owners to store 80,000 gallons of diesel fuel, much of it below - but some actually in - the building. 

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		--Steven M. Bellovin, http://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb