[CPEO-BIF] "Sustainable reuse project continues after EPA freeze, " University of Southern Florida

[Lenny Siegel]

Sustainable reuse project continues after EPA freeze

By Chelsea Grosbeak
University of Southern Florida Oracle
February 5, 2017


Battered with trash and debris, vacant lots line the streets behind the University Plaza. These uninhabited areas once served the purpose of industrialization. 

Now, the community’s health is susceptible to hazardous waste.

USF is one of 19 universities - the only recipient in Florida - to receive a $200,000 grant from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the redevelopment of these brownfield sites for the sustainable reuse of polluted and contaminated land to be safely repurposed for community use in the area surrounding campus. 

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For the entire article, see
http://www.usforacle.com/news/view.php/1027045/Sustainable-reuse-project-continues-afte

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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/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org