[CPEO-BIF] The Biggest “Brownfield”

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

I've combined some of my observations on post-hurricane recovery into a 
CPEO Brownfields Brief.

LS

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The Biggest “Brownfield”

Gulf Coast Reconstruction

by Lenny Siegel
October, 2005

The recovery of Gulf Coast areas devastated by hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita, in the late summer of 2005, will be the largest reconstruction 
project in U.S. history. Evidence thus far shows that many impacted 
areas, particularly in New Orleans, are contaminated. Pollutants include 
industrial chemicals, petroleum and other hazardous substances from cars 
and other common products, and biological wastes. Thus, the 
Louisiana-Mississippi Gulf Coast has become the nation's largest 
"Brownfield."

Revitalizing these areas raises many of the same issues that have arisen 
at smaller Brownfield sites across the country.

*    Health Risk and Public Involvement
*    Redevelopment and Gentrification
*    Worker Training and Local Hiring
*    Debris Removal
.…

To download this 4-page document as a PDF file, click on
http://www.cpeo.org/brownfields/BiggestBrownfield.pdf.

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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
http://www.cpeo.org
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