The U.S Senate last night gave final approval to legislation — the Brownfields Revitalization and Environmental Restoration Act of 2001 (H.R. 2869) — authored by Sen. Lincoln Chafee (R-RI) and designed to encourage the cleanup of lightly polluted sights called brownfields.
Although the Senate unanimously approved the bill in April, the House of Representatives made changes to the bill that required additional Senate approval. The bill will now be sent to the White House of the President’s signature. The administration signaled its strong support for the bill early yesterday in a Statement of Administration Policy.
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The original Senate bill was authored and introduced by Chafee — along with Senators Bob Smith (R-NH), Harry Reid (D-NV) and Barbara Boxer (D-CA) — on Feb. 15, 2001. Chafee’s brownfields legislation authorizes $250 million per year, over fiscal years 2002-2006, for the assessment and cleanup of brownfields sites.
The bill also provides legal protections for innocent parties involved in redeveloping brownfields sites.
