[CPEO-BIF] Lykes Pasco orange juice plant, Dade City, Florida

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Pasco hopes to cash in on 305-acre 'brownfield'
Dade City and the county hope a new designation will spur growth on 305 
acres.

By Lisa Buie
St. Petersburg Times (FL)
November 5, 2010


DADE CITY - ...

Now officials in Pasco hope to use the same state program to help 
revitalize a 305-acre area in and near the Dade City Business Center on 
U.S. 301, including a biodiesel plant that is seeking to expand and add 
as many as 20 jobs.

The program, administered through the DEP, would allow the area to 
receive a brownfield designation, qualifying for financial incentives 
and tax credits to help existing industries expand and attract new ones.

While the business park, for years the site of the Lykes Pasco orange 
juice plant, does not have contamination, the area can still qualify as 
a brownfield, officials said.

"You can have the perception of contamination," said Melanie Kendrick, a 
senior planner with Pasco County who is helping coordinate the effort 
with Dade City officials....



For the entire article, see
http://www.tampabay.com/news/growth/pasco-hopes-to-cash-in-on-305-acre-brownfield/1132626

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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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