[CPEO-BIF] Indiana's Brownfields program

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

State, local governments not required to keep brownfield inventory

Environmentally scarred sites dot the area; rebirth requires strong 
commitment


By Sarah Tompkins
Northwest Indiana Times
June 21, 2010


The rolling greens of Hammond's Lost Marsh Golf Course once were acres 
of slag, just as many of the hundreds of abandoned properties that dot 
Gary used to be thriving gas stations.

Northwest Indiana has scores of properties not being used to their 
maximum capacity, locals officials say, but it is not always easy for 
communities to get grants to fund remediation.

It can be just as difficult for residents to get a comprehensive list of 
environmentally scarred properties, and owners are wary of being hit 
with the "brownfield" label.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_bd495965-7627-5204-9eb9-71abbdc9a7a3.html

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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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