Re: [CPEO-BIF] Connecticut Brownfields bill

["Trilling, Barry" <BTrilling@wiggin.com>]

This is the bill we discussed at the EPA Brownfields 2011 program on "What Would a Model Brownfield Statute Look Like."  We are now awaiting state Senate action on this groundbreaking legislation.  Although perhaps not the "Model" our program discussion would aim to achieve, if passed and signed by Governor Malloy, Connecticut 's Brownfield legislation will leap form among the most regressive to among the most progressive in the country.  As one of the group who helped put together the liability relief provisions of the bill I would be happy to provide information about its provisions (which include protection from liability for both bona fide purchasers the parties from whom they have purchased their Brownfield sites).  To see a copy of the bill please link to http://www.cga.ct.gov/2011/amd/h/pdf/2011HB-06526-R00HA-AMD.pdf.  

Barry J. Trilling
ÂW I G G I NÂ A N DÂ D A N A 

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From: brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org [mailto:brownfields-bounces@lists.cpeo.org] On Behalf Of Lenny Siegel
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2011 2:10 PM
To: Brownfields Internet Forum
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Connecticut Brownfields bill

Brownfield remediation bill passed

By Rep. Berger's office
Stamford Plus (CT)
June 1, 2011

House Chair of the Commerce Committee, Rep. Jeff Berger (D-Waterbury)  
today announced House passage of a bill that he called âthe biggest  
job generator in our state in many years.â House Bill 6526  
facilitates and funds the assessment, clean up and re-use of  
âbrownfieldsâ â contaminated and often long-abandoned properties  
that can be remediated and turned into productive sites for economic  
development, open space or other public uses.

â

As Chairman of the Commerce Committee I have worked to address the  
problem of brownfields across the state. Waterbury, in particular,  
has several remediation projects underway and I am pleased we have  
combined that with the funding necessary to move them forward,â Rep.  
Berger said. âThis is one of the single most important bills to pass  
in that effort and combines with a commitment from Governor Malloy  
and the General Assembly for millions in remediation funding.

â

The 2012/13 biennial budget approved by Democrats in the legislature  
and signed by Governor Dannel Malloy includes $25 million each year  
for brownfield remediation.


...

For the entire release, see
http://www.stamfordplus.com/stm/information/nws1/publish/politics/ 
Brownfield-remediation-bill-passed13289.shtml

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street, Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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