EPA Urged To Rethink Longstanding Approach To Brownfields Cleanups

As EPA prepares to distribute billions of dollars of cleanup funds under the bipartisan infrastructure law, supporters of brownfields cleanups and a key Democratic lawmaker are urging the agency to rethink its long-running practice of requiring cleanup only to levels required to meet future land use needs, saying a new approach is needed to prevent polluting facilities from locating on remediated sites near environmental justice (EJ) communities. During a Dec. 16 webinar sponsored by the National Brownfields Coalition, Rep. Dan...