Trump EPA Seeks To Shield 'Samaritans' From Liability At Brownfields Sites

October 19, 2017
BALTIMORE -- A senior Trump EPA official is making the case for new Superfund liability protections for “good samaritans,” private parties who seek to invest in redeveloping contaminated brownfields sites but do not qualify for protections provided under current law, in pending bipartisan legislation that is expected to soon clear Congress. Susan Bodine, a special advisor to EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt who is awaiting Senate confirmation as the agency's enforcement chief, told the American Bar Association's fall meeting here Oct...


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