[CPEO-BIF] Gov. Spitzer's BF proposal criticized

["Robert Hersh" <b_hersh@verizon.net>]

Spitzer's Proposed Changes to Brownfield Law Will Slow Remediation and
Redevelopment, Cautions Prominent Environmental Attorney
Wed, 20 Jun 2007 
By Phillips Nizer LLP

NEW YORK, June 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Gov. Eliot Spitzer's proposal to change
the state's three-year-old Brownfield Cleanup Program (BCP) drastically and
dangerously curtails the incentive to cleanup and redevelop contaminated
sites, according to Jon Schuyler Brooks, co-chair of the Environmental
Practice Group at Phillips Nizer LLP.

"The BCP -- flawed as it may be -- is designed to provide a meaningful
incentive, in the form of tax credits, to those willing to assume the
burdens and risks of tackling problem properties that others will not
touch," Mr. Brooks says.

"The Governor's proposed legislation effectively eliminates that incentive.
You might as well put up detour signs that redirect the development
community away from brownfield sites to properties that are not
significantly contaminated."

For the entire article, see:
http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/news_press_release,125856.shtml

Bob Hersh
CPEO


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