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What is EPA’s The New Brownfields Program? Brownfields Law EPA’s Brownfields Program is built on four pillars: 

n Protecting the environment; n Promoting partnerships; n Strengthening the marketplace; and n Sustaining reuse. 

The new law provides the needed funds and tools to help communities reach these goals. 

For more information on the Brownfields 

Program, visit EPA’s Web site at 

www.epa.gov/brownfields/

or contact: 

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Headquarters ............................... (202) 566-2777 Region 1 ........................................ (617) 918-1210 Region 2 ........................................ (212) 637-4314 Region 3 ........................................ (215) 814-3129 Region 4 ........................................ (404) 562-8661 Region 5 ........................................ (312) 886-7576 Region 6 ........................................ (214) 665-6736 Region 7 ........................................ (913) 551-7786 Region 8 ........................................ (303) 312-6803 Region 9 ........................................ (415) 972-3188 Region 10 ...................................... (206) 553-2100 

US Environmental Solid Waste October 2002Protection Agency and Emergency EPA 500-F-02-134Washington, D.C. 20460 Response (5105-T) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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brownfields The law changes and clarifies Superfund The law creates a strong, balanced relation

program in liability in several ways: ship between the Federal government and 

up to $200 

tive purchasers, innocent landowners, and contiguous property owners. 

n Authorizes up to $50 million per year for 

building and enhancing State and Tribal 

ments, 

rect cleann Provides liability protection for certain small volume contributors and contribu- response programs and expands activi- ties eligible for funding. 

tors of municipal solid waste. n Provides protection from Superfund 

rties, and While many of the provisions are self- liability at sites cleaned up under a State 

n Clarifies Superfund liability for prospecState and Tribal programs in several ways: 

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guidance where needed. n Preserves the Federal safety net by 

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n Clarifies State role in adding sites to the 

Superfund National Priorities List. 

EPA works with States and Tribes as partners 

and co-implementors of the law and plans to develop policy guidance as needed. 

“The Brownfields Revitalization Act 

is a sensible piece of legislation, 

one that emphasizes the need for 

environmental stewardship 

all across the country.” 

—President George W. Bush 

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