| From: | Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com> |
| Date: | Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:36:15 -0700 (PDT) |
| Reply: | cpeo-brownfields |
| Subject: | [CPEO-BIF] Disputeed priorities in Muncie, Indiana |
Brownfield grant use disputed By SETH SLABAUGH Muncie Star Press (IN) April 10, 2008 MUNCIE -- The city's brownfields steering committee was questioned Wednesday night about its decision to make the former American Lawnmower factory and the former Car Doctors auto salvage yard top priorities for assessment and investigation. The city has received a $230,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and another $30,000 from the state to identify, assess, investigate and develop cleanup plans for local brownfields -- blighted properties that may be contaminated with hazardous chemicals. In addition, the Exide automotive battery recycling factory in Muncie has agreed to spend $92,320 on a brownfield project as part of a settlement of air violations at the plant. ... For the entire article, see http://www.thestarpress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080410/NEWS01/804100352/1002 -- Lenny Siegel Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight a project of the Pacific Studies Center 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 _______________________________________________ Brownfields mailing list Brownfields@lists.cpeo.org http://lists.cpeo.org/listinfo.cgi/brownfields-cpeo.org | |
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