[CPEO-BIF] South Dakota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

FORUM: Brownsfield [sic] program offers funding for hazard cleanup

Opinion by David L. Ganje
Rapid City Journal,
January 4, 2014

Brownfields are properties the use, expansion or re-development of  
which is complicated by the presence or potential presence of a  
hazardous substance. Environmental laws now include financial  
assistance for the cleanup and sale of such properties. Brownfield  
clean up can address mine-scarred lands, sites contaminated by  
petroleum, chemicals or sites contaminated because of manufacturing.

Environmental issues in South Dakota are primarily the jurisdiction  
of the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).  
DENR has cooperative agreements in place with the U.S. Environmental  
Protection Agency (EPA) under which the DENR is the local agency  
dealing with environmental matters. The EPA contributed over $47  
million in funding programs for South Dakota in 2012 through DENR.

Not all government agencies are created equal. Not all government  
agencies work effectively. South Dakotans are fortunate. DENR is an  
agency that is generally accessible in its regulatory and management  
style. Such accessibility is not always the norm among environmental  
agencies across the country. DENR has established policies that  
promote the development of environmentally affected properties.

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For the entire column, see
http://rapidcityjournal.com/news/opinion/forum-brownsfield-program- 
offers-funding-for-hazard-cleanup/article_5aaa8703-7909-595e-b530- 
f671d7cd6660.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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