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Office of Inspector General

Report: Costs of $1.2 Million for Brownfields Cooperative Agreement to Pioneer Valley Planning Commission in Massachusetts Questioned

Report #15-4-0072, February 2, 2015.

What We Found

We found all of the $1,261,665 drawn by PVPC to be questionable, and PVPC has already agreed to repay $94,891 of that amount.

Report Materials

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