[CPEO-BIF] Pennsylvania brownfields

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pa. brownfield spending unknown

By Justin Vellucci
PITTSBURGH TRIBUNE-REVIEW (PA)
December 11, 2006

When Tom Hardy walks the barren Columbus Avenue lot that once housed the 
American Electric plant in Manchester, he doesn't see four acres of 
weed-choked pavement, soil possibly contaminated with lead, or the 
rusted fence that once guarded a factory.

He sees opportunity.

...

But across Pennsylvania and the nation, the costs and benefits of such 
"brownfield" development remain unknown.

Officials cannot say how many brownfields exist or how much money has 
been -- or will be -- spent renewing the properties. There's no central 
clearinghouse for information on the brownfield industry, and a lack of 
oversight makes public investment tough to tally or interpret.

...

For the entire article, see
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/cityregion/s_483605.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>
http://www.cpeo.org


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