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Clark Hill PLC

EPA Changes Requirements For Bona Fide Prospective Purchaser To Conform With Updated ASTM E1527-21 Standard

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Because the courts have interpreted the 1980 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. § 9601 et seq., as a strict liability statute holding owners in the chain of title liable...more

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP

Federal Brownfields Incentives Program’s Triumphant Return

On November 16, 2023, Congressman Mike Turner (R-OH-10) and Mikie Sherill (D-NJ-11) reintroduced the bipartisan Brownfields Redevelopment Tax Incentive Reauthorization Act (H.R. 6438) (BRTIRA). BRTIRA is designed to provide...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

PFAS As Hazardous Substances: Top 5 Implications For Businesses

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) took an important step toward regulating PFAS (per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances) on September 6, 2022 when it published a Notice of Federal Rulemaking to begin the process of...more

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Brownfields/Arkansas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Chicot County and Western Arkansas Planning & Development...

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced two Brownfield grants related to Arkansas. EPA is providing $300,000 to each of the following public entities: Chicot...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Proposed Controversial California Vapor Intrusion Guidance Threatens to Hinder Redevelopment

After years in the making behind closed doors, on February 14, 2020, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board and the California State Water...more

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Brownfields/Arkansas: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Pulaski County and Southwest Arkansas Planning and...

The Region 6 Office of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced two brownfield grants related to Arkansas. EPA is providing $300,000 a piece in funding to: Pulaski County, Arkansas - ...more

Ward and Smith, P.A.

Brownfields Redevelopment Receives Boost Under the BUILD Act

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Redevelopment of environmentally-damaged property has seen steady growth in North Carolina and nationwide. The attraction to dense, urban communities offering work/live/play opportunities and away from suburban living has...more

Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP

CERCLA and the Superfund Task Force: The more things change, the more they stay the same? - Thomson Reuters Westlaw

The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 42 U.S.C.A. § 9601, known as CERCLA or the Superfund law, was enacted in 1980 during the final days of the Carter administration. It was intended to...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

Recent BUILD Act “Builds” on Existing Brownfields Program through Additional Liability Protection and Redevelopment Incentives

Despite last minute veto threats from the White House, the bipartisan Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2018 was signed into law earlier this year. Buried deep in this massive omnibus spending bill is a major win for...more

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Federal Brownfield Legislation: U.S. House of Representatives Passes Amendments

The U.S. House of Representatives (“House”) on November 30th passed amendments that would address the federal Brownfield program. H.R. 3017 is titled the “Brownfields Enhancement, Economic Redevelopment, and...more

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Restoring Lives and Revitalizing Communities: Josh Fout (Pulaski County) Brownfield Presentation

Harbor Environmental and Pulaski County jointly sponsored a November 15th seminar held in North Little Rock, Arkansas addressing a variety of Arkansas Brownfield issues. Mr. Josh Fout, who serves as Pulaski County...more

Miles & Stockbridge P.C.

CDFA Creates New Brownfields Project Marketplace to Advise on Projects and Financing Resources --- Online Marketplace Scheduled...

The Council of Development Finance Agencies (“CDFA”), a national association dedicated to the advancement of development finance concerns and interests, announced the creation of the Brownfields Project Marketplace...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Corner Briefing: California Land Reuse and Revitalization Act

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This is the second edition in an ongoing series of "Corner Briefings" highlighting urban infill legal tools and opportunities. These updates identify new legal cases, legislative updates, grant opportunities and other urban...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - August 2014 #6

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Environmental and Policy Focus: U.S. EPA settles case over destruction of rare Central Valley wetlands: EPA - Aug 14: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Justice today announced a...more

Burr & Forman

Recent Projects Indicate Oppertunities for Redevelopment of Brownfields

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Our firm has recently represented clients in two projects associated with brownfields that may signal an increased willingness on the part of regulatory authorities to facilitate redevelopment of contaminated properties. ...more

Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Breathing New Life into Brownfields – The BUILD Act of 2013

On March 7, 2013, Senators Lautenberg, Inhofe, Crapo and Udall introduced the Brownfields Utilization, Investment, and Local Development Act of 2013, which would amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation...more

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