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Article: Midwest states among leaders in redevelopment.(Focus)
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- Crain's Detroit Business
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- May 5, 2008
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Byline: Marti Benedetti
The creative approaches by Midwestern states to completing successful brownfield redevelopment projects have made them models for the rest of the country, according to brownfield redevelopment leaders.
"These states have a very diverse and rich set of offerings to address brownfield issues,'' said Charlie Bartsch, senior fellow at ICF International, a Washington-based consulting company.
Joe Dufficy, chief of the brownfield section for the Environmental Protection Agency's Region 5, said that Illinois and Minnesota had legislation in place for brownfield cleanup as early as 1987. It wasn't until 1995 that the EPA made its ...