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House Energy and Commerce subcommittee opens review of EPA Brownfields program, IIJA funding and redevelopment barriers
Summary
At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, members opened an examination of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields program, its supplemental funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and obstacles to redeveloping contaminated properties.
At a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, members opened an examination of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Brownfields program, its supplemental funding under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act and obstacles to redeveloping contaminated properties.
The presiding member (not identified in the transcript) said the panel would use testimony to “inform our efforts” as Congress considers reauthorizing the program, which was first established by the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 and is codified under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
The subcommittee’s opening statement described brownfields as properties that contain, or may contain, hazardous substances,…
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