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December 2008 » Midwestern Report
Midwestern Report: Wisconsin Reports on Progress and Successes



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The Wisconsin departments of Natural Resources (DNR), Commerce, and Administration have released a joint report on the effectiveness of the state’s brownfields programs.

Wisconsin’s Brownfields Initiative: 2006 Report to the Wisconsin State Legislature provides a summary of the legislative, financial and policy initiatives created and implemented by Wisconsin since the passage of the Land Recycling Act in 1994 (Wisconsin Act 453). These initiatives have aided communities across the state in the investigation, cleanup and redevelopment of hundreds of brownfields. ...


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