
<p>Federal officials have signed off on the deal creating an independent trust to fund and oversee ongoing environmental cleanup at Eastman Business Park, officials announced Thursday.</p><p>The fund will contain $49 million provided by Eastman Kodak Co., with an additional $50 million in New York state money available if needed to pay for environmental study and remedial work at the sprawling business park in Rochester and Greece.</p><p>Creation of the environmental trust was an element of Kodak's plan to emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy last year.</p><p>The reorganization plan was approved by a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in August, but with an asterisk because the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was not yet willing to okay the trust arrangement.</p><p><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2014/02/27/epa-kodak-park-environmental-cleanup/5876169/">Keep reading...</a></p><p>Read also:</p><p><a href="http://www.13wham.com/news/features/top-stories/stories/ny-state-kodak-cleanup-plan-gets-ok-feds-9944.shtml">NY State, Kodak cleanup plan gets OK from feds</a> (13WHAM-TV)</p><p><a href="http://www.rochestercitynewspaper.com/NewsBlog/archives/2014/02/28/kodak-and-epa-agree-on-clean-up-plan-for-eastman-business-park">Kodak and EPA agree on clean-up plan for Eastman Business Park</a> (Rochester City Newspaper (blog))</p><p>Explore: <a href="http://news.google.com/news/more?ncl=d7L5CZuaE-HawqM8ikHX98BrKOGVM&authuser=0&ned=us">26 additional articles.</a></p>