[CPEO-BIF] "Understanding Brownfields Revitalization Program" in South Dakota

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Understanding Brownfields Revitalization Program

Opinion by David L Ganje
Farm Forum
November 22, 2013

Laws by their nature create tension between different economic  
interests in a democratic society. When the free market system  
includes environmental laws which affect the marketability and  
development of contaminated or polluted property, the system must  
also include a mechanism to protect the owner's ability to sell and  
develop such property.

Man-made 'controls' created by man-made regulations need man-made  
rules to reduce the affect of these 'controls.' Environmental laws  
and regulations are no exception. Contemporary environmental laws  
contain many restrictions on transfer of property, as well as  
mandatory hazardous-spill reporting and cleanup requirements. Such  
laws affect the marketability of property. Local, state and federal  
agencies in recent years have focused attention on the clean up and  
redevelopment of contaminated property sites in South Dakota. These  
sites are called brownfields.

...

Environmental issues in South Dakota are primarily the jurisdiction  
of the state Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR).  
This agency has significant management authority over environmental  
matters in the state and has had cooperative agreements in place with  
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under which the DENR  
is the principal government agency dealing with environmental  
matters. The EPA contributed over $47 million in funding programs for  
South Dakota in 2012 through DENR.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.farmforum.net/news/understanding-brownfields- 
revitalization-program/article_efeba52a-53c1-11e3-8b08-0019bb30f31a.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
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