[CPEO-BIF] New Jersey fund empty

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

N.J. to shut down state initiative intended to help clean up  
'brownfields'


By Christopher Baxter
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
June 2, 2011


TRENTON - A state fund to help communities and developers clean up  
contaminated properties known as brownfields has been shut down after  
running out of money, officials told a Senate panel today.

The state cannot afford $71 million worth of projects awaiting  
approval, and no new applications will be considered until the  
backlog is cleared, said Irene Kropp, deputy commissioner for the  
Department of Environmental Protection.

The state Economic Development Authority and the environmental  
agency, which jointly oversee the fund, declined to disclose the  
number of projects backlogged and where they are situated. Brownfield  
properties are often central to the revitalization of struggling  
cities and towns.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2011/06/ 
nj_to_shut_down_state_initiati_1.html

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Lenny Siegel
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