State Brownfields Task Force celebrates 15 years, legacy as model
stakeholder group
Agri-View
January 1, 2014
First created in the state budget as a one-year project to help the
governor, legislators and state agencies tackle the cleanup and
redevelopment of contaminated properties, the Brownfields Study Group
recently celebrated 15 years as a state and national model for
stakeholder involvement.
The group is comprised of local government officials, academia and
representatives from the private sector, and is facilitated by
Department of Natural Resources staff.
Brownfields are abandoned or underused properties with real or
perceived contamination. Estimates from U.S EPA have put the number
of brownfields nationwide at more than 400,000, with Wisconsin home
to more than 5,000 brownfield sites.
With an eye toward cleaning up those blighted properties and
returning them to the tax rolls, the State Legislature and Gov. Tommy
Thompson created the Brownfields Study Group in 1998. The task force
was charged with evaluating Wisconsin’s brownfield programs and
recommending changes, as well as proposing new financial, policy and
liability incentives.
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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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