Download or read book Brownfields and Superfund Issues in the 108th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownfield Liability and Resource Issues written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superfund and the Brownfields Issue written by Mark E. Anthony Reisch and published by Nova Biomedical Books. This book was released on 2003 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Superfund program is the principal federal effort for cleaning up hazardous waste sites and protecting public health and the environment from releases of hazardous substances. The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) established the program, and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorisation Act of 1986 (SARA) amended it. This book includes data and other pertinent information about CERCLA and the Superfund program, followed by a glossary. EPA defines brownfields as abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. FY1997 was the first year brownfields became a separate budgetary line item, at USD37.7 million. For FY2000 the appropriation was USD91.7 million. In the FY2001 budget, the Administration requested and was appropriated USD91.6 million. The 106th Congress extended the brownfields cleanup tax incentive to December 31, 2003, and expanded it to make all brownfields certified by a state environmental agency eligible for tax break. Other brownfields bills introduced in the Congress appeared to confirm the genera
Download or read book Environmental Protection Issues in the 108th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This issue brief provides an overview of the key environmental protection issues that received attention in the 108th Congress. The sections on specific issues reference more detailed and extensive CRS reports. (This issue brief emphasizes pollution-related matters; natural resource management issues are not included.) Appropriations for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) affect many of the programs and issues discussed in this issue brief (e.g., funding for state environmental programs, enforcement, water infrastructure projects and many others); thus, EPAâ€TMs funding is an issue of perennial interest. At the beginning of the second session, Congress completed consideration of a consolidated appropriations act (P.L. 108-199, H.R. 2673), which provided $8.37 billion for EPA in FY2004. Later in the session, action was completed on FY2005 funding. The conference agreement on the Consolidated Appropriations Act for FY2005 (H.R. 4818, H.Rept. 108-792) includes $8.09 billion for EPA, subject to an across-the-board rescission of 0.80%. The Administration requested $7.79 billion, and Congress appropriated $8.37 billion for FY2004. The most controversial issues were the adequacy of funding for federal assistance to states for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects, scientific research on human health effects upon which pollution control standards are based, and cleanup of hazardous waste sites under the Superfund program. The 108th Congress took action, but in most cases did not complete it, on legislation to address a number of other key issues, including leaking underground storage tanks that may contaminate water supplies; security issues related to wastewater treatment and chemical facilities; expanding authority for an EPA ombudsman; environmental concerns in surface transportation reauthorization legislation; brownfields grants and tax breaks; environmental issues in comprehensive energy legislation; and defense cleanup and military environmental issues. These issues are discussed in this report, along with others including issues involving the Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act, and alternative fuels and vehicles. The status of committee and floor action on environmental legislation as well as bills enacted into law are shown in Table 1 at the end of this issue brief. Bills that received some congressional action include the conference report on the energy bill, H.R. 6; the Water Infrastructure Financing Act, S. 2550; the Water Quality Financing Act of 2003, H.R. 1560; the Underground Storage Tank Compliance Act of 2003, S. 195; the Ombudsman ReauthorizationAct, S. 515; the Brownfields Redevelopment Enhancement Act, H.R. 239; the Chemical Facility Security Act, S. 994; the POPs, LRTAP POPs, and PIC Implementation Act of 2003, S. 1486; the Wastewater Treatment Works Security Act of 2003, H.R. 866 and S. 1039; the Economic Development Administration Reauthorization Act, H.R. 2535 and S. 1134; the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2004 (P.L. 108-136); and the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2005 (P.L. 108-375). Both defense authorization bills included environmental provisions that were controversial.
Download or read book Superfund and the Brownfields Issue written by Mark E. Anthony Reisch and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 22 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownfield sic Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superfund Cleanup Acceleration Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Waste Control, and Risk Assessment and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 626 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Cleaning Up the Superfund Program written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and Oversight. Subcommittee on National Economic Growth, Natural Resources, and Regulatory Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superfund Implementation Issues written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Operations. Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Superfund and Brownfields in the 107th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On January 11, 2002, the President signed H.R. 2869 (P.L. 107-118), which formally established EPAâ€TMs brownfields program, and provided relief from Superfund liability for small businesses. The Act creates a $200 million per year brownfield cleanup program (including $50 million for cleanup of petroleum-contaminated sites); provides $50 million for state programs; and relieves liability for contiguous property owners, prospective purchasers, and innocent landowners. It also provides liability relief for small businesses and others who disposed of small amounts of hazardous waste, and allows businesses to make a financial settlement for a lesser amount in cases of financial hardship. The Senate passed S. 606 on November 20, 2002 to establish an Ombudsman. The House passed H.R. 2941 under suspension on June 4, 2002, a bill to make HUD brownfield grants more accessible, especially to smaller communities. The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee reported S. 1079 on April 25, providing funds for the Economic Development Administrationâ€TMs brownfield program. The Superfund Actâ€TMs formal name is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, or CERCLA (P.L. 96-510, as amended). It is the principal federal program for cleaning up hazardous waste sites. As of December 2002, 809 nonfederal sites (61%) placed on the Superfundâ€TMs National Priorities List (NPL) had been removed to the Construction Completed List. Program critics say it is slow, ineffective, and expensive. Program supporters acknowledge that the statute needs to be updated, but argue that Superfund cleanups have prevented widespread health and environmental exposures and have created strong incentives for more careful hazardous waste management. Future funding of the program is a basic issue, as the taxing authority that supported the Superfund trust fund ended in 1995. Congress has appropriated larger amounts from the Treasury since FY1999 as the trust fund balance has declined. The FY2002 appropriation for the Superfund program is $1.27 billion, (P.L. 106-377). CERCLAâ€TMs broad liability scheme has been one of the most difficult issues. The average cost of cleaning up a site is about $20 million, a large enough amount to often make it worthwhile for parties to pursue legal means to spread the costs rather than to settle. So at large sites, where it is not unusual for there to be over a hundred potentially responsible parties, there can be a commensurate amount of expensive negotiation and litigation. Such situations can be especially burdensome for small businesses and other minor parties. The lawâ€TMs cleanup standards and remedy selection procedures are also controversial. Requirements for treatment, permanence, and the application of both federal and state regulations have led to what some critics characterize as overly strict risk assessment, and increased costs and delay at many sites. Environmental groups, on the other hand, strongly support cleanup remedies that minimize remaining on-site pollution rather than remedies that, while designed to limit human and environmental exposure, leave wastes on site. Business interests also want to cap the amount of natural resource damages that can be assessed against them. A number of states are seeking a full delegation to them of the authorities in CERCLA, including remedy selection, control over CERCLAâ€TMs monies, and the determination of what sites go on and off the NPL.
Download or read book Superfund and the Brownfields Issue written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congress has before it numerous bills to expand the Environmental Protection Agencyâ€TMs (EPA) brownfields program to help communities restore less seriously contaminated sites that have the potential for economic development. EPA defines brownfields as abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. A combination of potential environmental, economic and social benefits gives this program broad support among governments, environmentalists, developers, and communities. The brownfields program was established administratively by EPA under the aegis of the Superfund program; without explicit authority for it in the law, it has been financed by the Superfund appropriation. The program has expanded to include 363 brownfields assessment grants (most for $200,000 over 2 years); 106 $350,000 revolving loan fund grants to help finance the actual cleanups; 47 job training grants; and 28 Brownfields Showcase Communities where technical and financial assistance from 20 participating federal agencies is being coordinated with state, local and nongovernmental efforts. FY1997 was the first year brownfields became a separate budgetary line item, at $37.7 million. For FY2000 the appropriation was $91.7 million. In the FY2001 budget, the Administration requested and was appropriated $91.6 million. The 106th Congress extended the brownfields cleanup tax incentive to December 31, 2003, and expanded it to make all brownfields certified by a state environmental agency eligible for the tax break. Other brownfield bills introduced in the 106th Congress appeared to confirm the general direction EPA has taken. Two Superfund reauthorization bills were reported in the House, each of which contained a title on brownfields. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee reported H.R. 1300 on September 30, 1999 (H.Rept. 106-353, Part I), and the Commerce Committee ordered H.R. 2580 reported on October 13, 1999 (H.Rept. 106-775, part I). Negotiations on S. 1090 in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee did not produce an acceptable bipartisan compromise and the committee agreed to end their deliberations on August 4, 1999. This report provides the history, background, and operations of the brownfields program and briefly reviews its current status. For regularly updated information on legislative activity, see CRS Issue Brief IB10011, Superfund Reauthorization Issues in the 106th Congress.
Download or read book Brownfield Issues in the 110th Congress written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brownfields Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants for the assessment and cleanup of sites that pose a less serious threat to human health and the environment than sites addressed by the Superfund program. The authorization expired on September 30, 2006. In the 109th Congress, a reauthorization bill, H.R. 5810, was reported from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 28, 2006 (H.Rept. 109-608, Part 1), but went no further. The bill would have renewed the authorization through FY2012 at the current level of $200 million annually. It also would have reauthorized provisions that provide financial assistance for state and tribal cleanup programs at the current level of $50 million per year (for a total authorization of $250 million). Appropriations in the last four years have been between $165 million and $171 million. The Department of Housing and Urban Development also has a small Brownfields Program, and approximately 20 other agencies have programs or activities that foster cleanup and development. Because reauthorization was not enacted in the 109th Congress, it is likely to be an issue for the 110th. For more background information on the origins and development of the Brownfields Program, see CRS Report RL30972, The Brownfields Program Authorization: Cleanup of Contaminated Sites, and CRS Report 97-731, Superfund and the Brownfields Issue, both by Mark Reisch.
Download or read book Brownfields Issues in the 110th Congress written by Mark Reisch and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 6 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Brownfields Act authorizes the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to award grants for the assessment and cleanup of sites that pose a less serious threat to human health and the environment than sites addressed by the Superfund program. The authorization expired on September 30, 2006. In the 109th Congress, a reauthorization bill, H.R. 5810, was reported from the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure on July 28, 2006 (H. Rept. 109-608, Part 1), but went no further. The bill would have renewed the authorization through FY2012 at the current level of $200 million annually. It also would have reauthorized provisions that provide financial assistance for state and tribal cleanup programs at the current level of $50 million per year (for a total authorization of $250 million). Appropriations in the last four years have been between $165 million and $171 million. The Department of Housing and Urban Development also has a small Brownfields Program, and approximately 20 other agencies have programs or activities that foster cleanup and development. Because reauthorization was not enacted in the 109th Congress, it is likely to be an issue for the 110th.
Download or read book Superfund and Brownfields in the 107th Congress written by Mark Reisch and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Oversight Hearing on the Brownfield s Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Environment and Public Works. Subcommittee on Superfund, Toxics and Environmental Health and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Brownfields written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Government Reform and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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