EPA's Planned Changes To Brownfields Liability Guide Draw Industry Praise

EPA staff has begun drafting revisions to 2003 brownfields guidance that outlines when developers can qualify for limited liability protection under the Superfund law, responding to recommendations from Administrator Scott Pruitt's Superfund Task Force and longstanding calls from industry for greater clarity in the wake of controversial legal rulings. Craig Boehr of the agency's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, Policy and Program Evaluation Division described during an EPA-sponsored June 11 online listening session the areas of the so-called Common Elements...