2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:53:46 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] MIchigan funding diversion debated
 
Water pollution issue debated in Michigan
Bill's foes say voters OK'd money for water, not brownfields.

By LANE BLACKMER Capital News Service
South Bend Tribune
November 21, 2010

LANSING -- Water quality advocates are fighting legislation that would let voter-approved bond money be used for brownfield cleanup rather than water infrastructure improvement.

The money is on hand because Michigan voters in 2002 overwhelmingly approved a proposal that made $1 billion in loans available to the state to improve water quality.

Now, Sen. Patty Birkholz, R-Saugatuck, is pushing a bill that would allocate about a third of the money left to clean up land polluted from industrial uses, otherwise known as brownfields.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.southbendtribune.com/article/20101121/News01/101129939

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Lenny Siegel
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