[CPEO-BIF] New York streamlines Brownfields process

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

DEC chief announces changes in brownfield cleanup efforts

By Brian Meyer
BUFFALO NEWS (NY)
November 5, 2009

The state's top environmental official visited Buffalo today to announce 
changes that aim to speed up the process for turning vacant industrial 
land into shovel-ready development sites.

Brownfield cleanup efforts create new permanent jobs, said Department of 
Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander "Pete" Grannis. He 
added that the streamlined procedures were initially suggested by 
officials in Buffalo.

The new policies would shorten the amount of time from when a parcel is 
approved for inclusion in the state's Brownfield Cleanup Program to 
execution of cleanup pacts. The current process can take many months in 
some instances. By expediting the review, Grannis said the goal is to 
send applicants cleanup agreements within 45 days, if not sooner.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.buffalonews.com/258/story/851351.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
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