Senate Passes New Brownfields Act

The future looks bright for brownfield sites. On April 25, the U.S. Senate passed the

Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 (S.350) in a unanimous 99-0 vote. The bill, if approved by the House and signed into law by President Bush, would provide liability protection for innocent landowners and significant funding for clean-up of abandoned, contaminated industrial sites. SprawlWatch’s Allison Smiley tells

EBN that the legislation is finding bipartisan support and champions in the House. For more, see

www.sprawlwatch.org.