2011 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 07:25:54 -0800 (PST)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Washington state's Model Toxics Control Act
 
Toxic cleanup projects create jobs, preserve vision

Opinion by Bill Clark and Connie Bacon
Tri-City Herald (WA)
February 14, 2011

While state lawmakers face painful choices as they attempt to assemble a budget proposal, one item -- with its own dedicated source of money separate from the state's general fund -- could help put people back to work, create long-term economic development opportunities and preserve a long-standing vision of environmental stewardship.

We urge the Legislature to maintain the state's 20-year commitment to funding environmental cleanup grants through the Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA).

In 1988, Washington voters chose to tax themselves by passing a ballot measure that created MTCA. The MTCA account funds hazardous waste cleanup through a tax on the wholesale value of hazardous substances imported to Washington.

Preserving the integrity of the account by retaining the state's commitment to fund remedial action grants is important and necessary. To maintain the public's trust it is imperative that MTCA funds be used for the purpose they were intended by the citizens of Washington state.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/2011/02/14/1367427/toxic-cleanup-projects-create.html


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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
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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