[CPEO-BIF] Coal plant to port, Lawrenceburg, Indiana

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Lawrenceburg power plant site will be Indiana’s 4th port, thanks to brownfield redevelopment company

Press Release
Ports of Indiana
October 6, 2016 

The Ports of Indiana announced today that Indiana Michigan Power has agreed to sell its recently retired Tanners Creek coal plant in Lawrenceburg, Ind., to a brownfield redevelopment company that is working with the Ports of Indiana to evaluate the site for use as the state’s fourth port.

“Infrastructure critical to our state’s economy includes more than just roads,” said Governor Mike Pence. “Indiana’s ports and waterways have been tremendous catalysts for economic growth in this state for decades, and there is great potential here in southeast Indiana to develop a fourth port that will further energize our economy.”


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For the entire press release, see
http://www.nkytribune.com/2016/10/lawrenceburg-power-plant-site-to-become-indianas-fourth-port-thanks-to-brownfield-redevelopment-company/

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org

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