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Committee preserves House brownfields and land-bank language, keeps development-soils and off-site construction reviews under study
Summary
Lawmakers decided to preserve House language on brownfields remediation prioritization for housing, keep the DHCD land-bank report requirement, and maintain development-soils provisions while noting some elements will be reviewed by other committees or require further testimony.
The committee reconciled multiple housing-development provisions in S.127, agreeing to preserve several House-originated brownfields, land-bank and development-soils provisions while flagging items that may require additional hearings or intercommittee coordination.
Members agreed to keep House language that prioritizes brownfields cleanup for housing and requested the brownfields process-improvement report remain in the bill. The committee also retained a DHCD land-bank report requirement intended to…
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