Cleanup foundation invites grant applicants on the Web
The Enviocare of Utah environmental foundation is headed by Salt Lake City businessman Fraser Bullock, who served as chief financial officer for the 2002 Olympic Winter Games. EnergySolutions executives established the foundation in February, when Steve Creamer and investor partners purchased the hazardous and radioactive landfill from former owner Khosrow Semnani. The original $1 million fund recently swelled to $3 million when EnergySolutions decided it ought to be bigger, Bullock said.
The decision didn't involve any outside fund raising, he said. The company's Web site, http://www.envllc.com, includes a printable application for grants but no criteria for applicants. But Bullock said he hopes to focus largesse on cleaning up environmental damage, "particularly in areas the public likes to enjoy - parks, something like that, where it's encroaching on naturally beautiful areas." EnergySolutions hopes to team up with sponsoring organizations that can provide volunteers. Foundation money could go toward renting equipment or paying for fuel, he said. Bullock said running the environmental foundation fulfills a dream. "To be able to clean up mistakes from the past is one of the ambitions I've had," he said. "This foundation now exists, and people have a source to enhance the state."
SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
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