[CPEO-BIF] "Washington State Amends Its Cleanup Law"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

MTCA: Washington State Amends Its Cleanup Law

By Meline MacCurdy
Marten Law
December 1, 2013

Earlier this year, Washington State enacted the most comprehensive  
rewrite of its state cleanup law in a decade. The amendments to the  
Model Toxics Control Act (MTCA), Substitute Senate Bill (SSB) 5296,  
are aimed at expediting and streamlining routine cleanups,  
incentivizing and assisting regional development efforts in  
brownfield areas, overhauling the allocation and use of grant funding  
for certain existing and new programs, and improving government  
tracking and accountability of progress under the MTCA program.

Achieving on-the-ground change to the state program is dependent on  
regulatory developments by the Washington State Department of Ecology  
(Ecology), action by local governments, and the availability of  
funding to finance the variety of new programs contemplated by the  
bill. This article provides an overview of the key components of the  
MTCA amendments and highlights issues of particular relevance to  
stakeholders as the implementation of the amendments takes shape.

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For the entire article, see
http://www.martenlaw.com/newsletter/20131201-washington-state-amends- 
cleanup-law

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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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