[CPEO-BIF] Salem, New Jersey

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Brownfield sites discussed in Salem City

By ROBERT LINNEHAN
Salem Sunbeam (NJ)
November 3, 2006

SALEM - The Salem City Environmental Commission met this week to discuss 
the formation of an open space plan for the city and an inventory 
project for Salem's brownfield and open space areas.

Representatives from the city council and the commission met in early 
March to discuss the merits of applying for a Brownfield Designation 
Area for several parts of Salem. A BDA is an under-utilized, often 
abandoned industrial or commercial property that is either contaminated 
with industrial waste or has the stigma of suspected contamination, 
which discourages revitalization or redevelopment.

If Salem applies for a BDA application from the New Jersey Department of 
Environmental Protection, the city could possibly receive grant money to 
determine how contaminated the areas actually are and funds for cleanup 
as well.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.nj.com/news/sunbeam/index.ssf?/base/news-1/1162534936149610.xml&coll=9

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 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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