BROWNFIELD CLEANUPS:JOHN D. DINGELL FEDERAL DOCUMENT CLEARING HOUSE, INC.

From: Congressional Testimony | Date: March 7, 2001 | Copyright information

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STATEMENT OF CONGRESSMAN JOHN D. DINGELL RANKING MEMBER COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND COMMERCE SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENT AND HAZARDOUS MATERIALS HEARING ON "A SMARTER PARTNERSHIP: REMOVING BARRIERS TO BROWNFIELDS CLEANUPS" MARCH 7, 2001 Mr. Chairman, I thank you for conducting this oversight hearing on brownfields. This subject is important to me, and to many of the Members of this Subcommittee. In the Detroit metropolitan area alone -- home to much of our country's industrial strength for over 100 years -- brownfields cover tens of thousands of acres of land once ...

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