[CPEO-BIF] Connecticut’s new brownfields legislation

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Connecticut's new brownfields legislation is major step forward

By Gary B. O'Connor and Jean Perry Phillips
Hartford Business (CT)
August 22, 2011

Connecticut took a major step forward during this year's difficult  
legislative session when it passed legislation that will help spur  
economic development, remediate brownfields and restore our position  
as one of the leaders in brownfield redevelopment — at no direct  
taxpayers’ expense.

Public Act 11-141, An Act Concerning Brownfield Remediation and  
Development as an Economic Driver, which was supported and signed by  
Governor Malloy, creates a new program to facilitate the  
revitalization of brownfields. It also fine tunes and expands the  
scope of existing programs, resulting in greater clarity and  
incentives for brownfield developers, municipalities and other  
stakeholders.

Brownfield revitalization is critical to Connecticut. The state has  
thousands of these former manufacturing sites, now abandoned or  
underutilized and posing potential threats to human health, the  
environment and the viability of many of our municipalities. Every  
city and town in Connecticut has at least one brownfield, and they  
are a major impediment to urban redevelopment and sustainable growth  
in the state.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.hartfordbusiness.com/news20070.html

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