[CPEO-BIF] Letter defending New Jersey's program

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Public funds needed to remove contamination, reduce blight in N.J.

Letter to the Editor by Marc Selover
Newark Star-Ledger (NJ)
August 23, 2011


The July 31 article concerning the Department of Environmental  
Protection's remedial grant program included statements I made during  
an interview at a Brownfield property in Mount Holly. I disagree with  
implications included in the article ("Brownfields fund’s in red and  
state’s in the dark").

The article perpetuated the myth that the public has been paying for  
remediation that could be paid for by polluters. As I explained  
during the interview, there have not been any viable polluters on the  
grant sites that I have worked on.

...

For the entire letter, see
http://blog.nj.com/ledgerletters/2011/08/ 
public_funds_needed_to_remove.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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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