[CPEO-BIF] Ft. Pierce, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Editorial: Here a brownfield, there a brownfield; Fort Pierce has one 
everywhere?
City commissioners should reduce area containing potentially hazardous sites

By TCPalm Staff
June 29, 2008

Fort Pierce commissioners may designate 3,900 acres - the city's entire 
enterprise zone - as a brownfield area, meaning environmental hazards 
exist and need to be cleaned up.

Supporters say the designation will allow state funding to assist with 
cleanup, redevelopment and jobs creation.

Opponents, including Commissioner Reggie Sessions, say the designation 
will create a negative impression of the area as contaminated and might 
stifle economic investment and development.

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For the entire editorial, see
http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2008/jun/29/brownfield-overly-large/

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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>
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