[CPEO-BIF] Carnegie Mellon to launch Western Pennsylvania Brownfield Center

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

CMU center to assist with brownfield work

By Bill Zlatos
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW (PA)
March 3, 2006

A center at Carnegie Mellon University that researches abandoned 
manufacturing sites will help communities and small businesses develop them.

Carnegie Mellon plans to launch the Western Pennsylvania Brownfield 
Center on Monday with $200,000 from the federal Small Business 
Administration.

"Communities and small businesses are afraid to tackle these properties 
because they are uncertain of the environmental issues," said Deborah 
Lange, director of the center. "We think education and dissemination of 
information helps to take away some of the barriers that are really 
limiting these communities."

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For the entire article, see
http://pittsburghlive.com/x/tribune-review/trib/regional/s_429445.html

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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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