[CPEO-BIF] Available from the Northeast Midwest Institute

[Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>]

Submitted by Evans Paull, Senior Policy Analyst, Northeast Midwest 
Institute <epaull@nemw.org>


Petroleum-Brownfields Report

The Northeast-Midwest Institute and the National Brownfields Coalition 
are producing a series of reports that focus on the issues and 
opportunities presented by the need to reauthorize the EPA Brownfields 
Program.  The first completed issue brief, Petroleum/UST Brownfields 
Cleanups, addresses the petroleum-brownfields program.  The report 
recommends several revisions to clarify and broaden site eligibility, 
and the establishment of greater grantee flexibility in the use of funds 
on petroleum and non-petroleum sites.  See
www.nemw.org/petroleum issue opportunity brief.pdf.


Brownfields Tax Credit Proposed

Representatives Michael Turner (R-OH) and Stephanie Tubbs Jones (D-OH) 
are co-sponsoring a bill to establish a brownfields tax credit.  HR 3080 
would establish an income tax credit for up to 50 percent of qualified 
remediation expenditures.  There would be a $1 billion cap on the 
program, and credits would be distributed to states proportionately 
according to population. See 
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=110_cong_bills&docid=f:h3080ih.txt.pdf


Report Ties Progress on Climate Change to Smart Growth

A report released by the Urban Land Institute (ULI) documents that 
compact urban development, as an alternative to sprawl, could reduce 
Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 30 percent -- a 7 to 12 percent 
reduction in driving-related greenhouse gases.  The report was jointly 
authored by Smart Growth America (SGA), the Center for Clean Air Policy, 
and the National Center for Smart Growth.  Northeast-Midwest staff 
participates on the SGA Smart Growth and Climate Change work group. See
See http://www.smartgrowthamerica.org/gcindex.html.




Contact Evans Paul at the Northeast-Midwest Institute for more information.


Evans Paull, Senior Policy Analyst
Northeast Midwest Institute
50 F Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
202-464-4004
202-329-4282 (cell)
epaull@nemw.org
www.nemw.org
http://www.nemw.org/brownfields.htm



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