[CPEO-BIF] New York state "Brownfield Cleanup Program extended to March 2017"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield Cleanup Program extended to March 2017

By THOMAS ADAMS
Rochester Business Journal (NY)
June 20, 2014

Legislation to extend the state’s Brownfield Cleanup Program was  
passed Friday by the Senate, following passage by the Assembly, and  
will be sent to Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be signed into law, officials  
announced Friday.



The bill would continue the brownfield program through March 31,  
2017, and increases bonding by $300 million for the state Department  
of Environmental Conservation’s Superfund program, Senate  
representatives said in a statement.



"The Brownfield Cleanup Program is a critical tool that encourages  
private investment in communities to get vacant and abandoned  
properties cleaned up and back on the tax rolls," said Sen. Mark  
Grisanti, R-Buffalo, who sponsored the bill.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.rbj.net/article.asp?aID=209729

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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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