[CPEO-BIF] Kuhn Memorial Hospital site, Vicksburg, Mississippi

[Lenny Siegel]

City awaits decision on grant allowing Kuhn’s demolition

By John Surratt
Vicksburg Post (MS)
March 18, 2017

The future of Kuhn Memorial Hospital could lie with the Environmental Protection Agency.

The city of Vicksburg has applied for two Brownfields cleanup grants totaling $400,000 to help pay part of the estimated $850,000 cost of razing and removing the three buildings and removing a diesel tank containing 4,000 gallons of fuel.

Funded by the EPA, Brownfields grants provide money to help local governments clean and renovate former hazardous material sites.


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For the entire article, see
http://www.vicksburgpost.com/2017/03/18/city-awaits-decision-on-grant-allowing-kuhns-demolition/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
P.O. Box 998, Mountain View, CA 94042
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<lsiegel at cpeo.org>
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