[CPEO-BIF] Vermont Brownfields conference raises questions

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

The brownfields dilemma: Who pays for cleanup?


By LOUIS PORTER, Vermont Press Bureau
Rutland Herald (VT)
April 19, 2005 


MONTPELIER - Everybody wants someone to clean up "brownfields" - places
where old manufacturing and repair facilities left contaminated
buildings and grounds.

Doing so not only removes potential health hazards, it often allows
redevelopment in downtown areas and prevents sprawl.

But the questions raised at a conference on the issue Monday were: Who
would pay for it, and who would accept liability for the property?

Developers said they were reluctant to buy the land if they would be on
the hook for problems left by previous owners.

And state officials at the all-day conference at the Capitol Plaza hotel
said money to help with projects was scarce.

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For the entire article, see
http://rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050419/NEWS/504190370/1004/NEWS03 

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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