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Bill would create state brownfields fund to help towns assess and clean contaminated properties

2469369 · March 1, 2025
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Summary

House Bill 808 would expand Montana’s petroleum brownfields law to include hazardous substances and establish a state brownfields fund to help communities assess, clean up and redevelop contaminated properties.

Representative Paul Tuss, House District 27, opened the hearing on House Bill 808, saying the bill would expand Montana’s petroleum brownfields law to cover hazardous substances and establish a state brownfields fund to supplement federal brownfields grants.

Proponents from economic development organizations and local governments said the state fund would help rural communities prepare projects for federal funding and cover costs often missing from federal…

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