From: | CPEO Moderator <cpeo@cpeo.org> |
Date: | 7 Feb 2002 15:21:02 -0000 |
Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] 15 acres cleaned up, 66,985 contaminated |
15 acres cleaned up, 66,985 contaminated Despite a state program to clean up ''brownfields,'' a report says only 15 acres have been saved. By CRAIG PITTMAN and JULIE HAUSERMAN © St. Petersburg Times published February 7, 2002 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Florida's program for cleaning up and developing contaminated sites has been hailed nationally as a model for other states. But state auditors released a report Wednesday that blasted Florida's "brownfields" program as ineffective, finding that there has been been "relatively little progress" in actually cleaning up any land. Local governments have designated nearly 67,000 acres statewide as needing state help, but auditors found that only two sites totaling 15 acres have been cleaned up and redeveloped since the program started five years ago. The complete story can be viewed at: http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/07/State/15_acres_cleaned_up__.shtml | |
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