[CPEO-BIF] Dilapidated Buildings, Emmetsburg, Iowa

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Dilapidated Buildings Prompt Discussion
Asbestos Abatement Issues Discussed With DNR

by Jane Whitmore
Emmetsburg News (IA)
August 24, 2010


Discussion of what can be done to eliminate dilapidated downtown 
buildings continues. New to discussions is Mel Pins, administrator of 
the Iowa Department of Natural Resource's Brownfield program.

City officials and Chamber of Commerce members met with Pins recently to 
discuss the former Wards building and the building vacated by Dr. Phelps.

Information distributed by Pins asked the question "What are 
Brownfields?" The answer: "Brownfields are sites where resale, 
redevelopment and reuse have been hindered by environmental 
contamination concerns." The program purpose is to provide technical and 
financial resources to help them find answers to environmental 
questions, and to assist with environmental cleanup planning and 
implementation to prepare the site for reuse or redevelopment.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.emmetsburgnews.com/page/content.detail/id/502827.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
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