[CPEO-BIF] "Concerns remain over $400 million cleanup, preservation program"

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Concerns remain over $400 million cleanup, preservation program
BY JOHN MCCARTHY
Associated Press Writer 
http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/004160.htm

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- More than 60 local governments, conservation groups and
others with an interest in how the Clean Ohio Fund will work have responded to
proposals by Gov. Bob Taft's administration, a top Taft aide said Thursday. 

Voters in November approved state Issue 1, the $400 million bond program that
will help clean up abandoned industrial sites and preserve green space. The
state on Jan. 12 outlined its proposals for implementing the program and
invited responses. 

Questions about eligibility for state grants and what will be cleaned up topped
the list of concerns, said Kate Bartter, Taft's chief aide for regulatory
issues. The state had received 61 responses as of Feb. 22, including 27 from
local governments or their representatives.

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http://www.ohio.com/bj/news/ohio/docs/004160.htm

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