[CPEO-BIF] Gahanna "Gives Brownfield Cleanup Money To Ohio"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Local Community Gives Brownfield Cleanup Money To Ohio

By Rick Reitzel
NBC 4 TV News (Columbus area,. Ohio)
October 30, 2012

Gahanna planning and development director said rules pertaining to  
brownfield grant money from the US EPA were too difficult for  
developers to succeed.

"We worked hard to get access to the funds and worked hard to get  
people aware of those funds available," said Anthony Edward Jones.

He said they had two applications for those funds, but unfortunately  
they were turned down at the federal level.

"We had two options with the $1 million grant that was expiring at  
the end of the year. Give it back to the EPA or to the Ohio  
Development Services Agency where the funds could still be used  
locally," Jones said.

...

For the entire sstory, see
http://www2.nbc4i.com/news/2012/oct/30/2/local-community-gives- 
brownfield-cleanup-money-ohi-ar-1222491/

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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
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