[CPEO-BIF] Sierra Club critiques New Jersey policy, funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Broke Brownfield Fund Is Bad Policy, Says Sierra Club

NJ Today
June 16, 2011

STATE - The state Department of Environmental Protection and the  
League of Municipalities held a joint series of round tables on  
brownfields and site remediation this week, but an environmental  
group notes that the discussions won’t amount to much.

The Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund, which gives money to  
municipalities for assessments and brownfield cleanups, is broke.  
Officials told lawmakers earlier this month that there is a backlog  
of applications for $71 million in projects that must be cleared  
before new applications can be reviewed. The fund, which is sustained  
through the dedication of a portion of the corporate business tax  
revenues, is only expected to have $13 million for next year.



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For the entire article, see
http://njtoday.net/2011/06/16/broke-brownfield-fund-is-bad-policy- 
says-sierra-club/

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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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