Both republican and democratic senators from the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee have met to discuss potential paths forward for a multi-year reauthorization of the Brownfield Program. During interviews conducted in February and March, committee members indicated that the program is popular and likely to receive bipartisan support. The original act created under the Brownfield Act of 2002, assisted states and local communities to clean up abandoned, idle or underutilized sites where contamination did not present a serious enough threat to human health or the environment to be considered for listing on CERCLA’s National Priorities List.  The program, which… Read more