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By Lenny Siegel
On Aug. 11, 2007, more than 25 people gathered at the Faith Tabernacle Church in
Biloxi, Miss., for the Southern Mississippi Community Brownfields Workshop, one
in a series of “Brownfields 101” workshops being organized by the Center for Public Environmental Oversight
(CPEO) across the country. The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality
and U.S. EPA’s southeastern region (Region 4) provided support and presenters.
Participants heard talks on site assessment, risk management, community
engagement, and Mississippi’s programs designed to aid communities engaged in, or likely to begin,
brownfield redevelopment.
But perhaps the most interesting discussions were case studies presented by two
local environmental consultants.
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