[CPEO-BIF] 15 acres cleaned up, 66,985 contaminated

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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 


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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