2010 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 2010 10:52:19 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Indiana's Brownfields program
 
State, local governments not required to keep brownfield inventory

Environmentally scarred sites dot the area; rebirth requires strong commitment


By Sarah Tompkins
Northwest Indiana Times
June 21, 2010


The rolling greens of Hammond's Lost Marsh Golf Course once were acres of slag, just as many of the hundreds of abandoned properties that dot Gary used to be thriving gas stations.

Northwest Indiana has scores of properties not being used to their maximum capacity, locals officials say, but it is not always easy for communities to get grants to fund remediation.

It can be just as difficult for residents to get a comprehensive list of environmentally scarred properties, and owners are wary of being hit with the "brownfield" label.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/lake/article_bd495965-7627-5204-9eb9-71abbdc9a7a3.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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