[CPEO-BIF] Michigan governor proposes to increase brownfields funding

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

More money sought to clean up brownfields

By AGNES BAO
Capital News Service (MI)
February 2, 2018

LANSING –  A new $79 million-a-year proposal from Gov. Rick Snyder would increase funding to protect Michigan’s environment, including $45 million to clean up and redevelop contaminated sites.

Snyder plans to generate the money by increasing landfill dumping fees from 36 cents to $4.75 per ton, also known as “tipping fees.”

Jeff Hukill, the brownfield coordinator at the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), said he is not aware of any opposition to the proposal at this early stage. 

“As more people are becoming aware of it, I could see some groups having issues with where the money is coming from,” Hukill said.

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For the entire article, see
http://news.jrn.msu.edu/capitalnewsservice/2018/02/02/more-money-sought-to-clean-up-brownfields/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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