[CPEO-BIF] Minneapolis, Minnesota "proposal would force landlords to disclose more contaminant test results"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Como TCE prompts city action
A new proposal would force landlords to disclose more contaminant  
test results.

By Tyler Gieseke
Minnesota Daily
February 12, 2014

After state authorities measured above-normal levels of a potentially  
harmful vapor in the Southeast Como neighborhood, city leaders are  
pushing for more transparent chemical reporting in Minneapolis.

A current city ordinance already requires property owners to inform  
tenants of contamination testing results, but most chemicals aren't  
included in the reporting. The City Council is considering a proposal  
to expand the code's reach - a change many say is long overdue.

At a council meeting Friday, Ward 2 City Councilman Cam Gordon, who  
represents some University-area neighborhoods, introduced a proposal  
that would require property owners to disclose the results of  
environmental contamination tests on properties in designated areas.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.mndaily.com/news/metro-state/2014/02/11/como-tce-prompts- 
city-action

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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>
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