Decommissioning costs need to be included as a line item in the NYRI estimate.
http://www3.dps.state.ny.us/PSCWeb/PIOWeb.nsf/a89c0117705349e7852573e0007a0a57/e70c1ca1d196fabc852573f7005fcc0a/$FILE/Exhibit%209_FINAL_2-14-08.pdf
Money should be placed in some sort of reserve fund to take down all the structures when no longer in use. Any substructures should be removed to 4' below the existing subgrade.
There are too many abandoned industrial sites already, and many companies don't have a stellar record of cleaning up after themselves. Harbor Point in Utica (old coal gasification plant now owned by National Grid) is still heavily contaminated. The PCB contamination of the Hudson River by GE is another example to learn from http://www.epa.gov/hudson/
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