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110TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION H. R. 5469 

To provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront brownfields. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

FEBRUARY 14, 2008 

Ms. SLAUGHTER (for herself, Ms. SCHWARTZ, Mr. COHEN, Mr. SHAYS, Mr. 

MCHUGH, Mr. BRALEY of Iowa, Mr. BLUMENAUER, Mr. THOMPSON of 

California, Mr. KING of New York, Mrs. MCCARTHY of New York, Mr. 

CUELLAR, Mr. SERRANO, Mr. HIGGINS, Mr. RUPPERSBERGER, Ms. SUTTON, Mr. SNYDER, Mr. BARROW, Ms. KAPTUR, and Mr. KENNEDY) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy 

and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and 

Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned 

A BILL 

To provide grants for the revitalization of waterfront 

brownfields. 

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 

3 SECTION 1. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANT. 

4 Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

5 Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

6 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is amended— 

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1 (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through 

2 (12) as paragraphs (5) through (13); 

3 (2) in paragraph (3) by striking ‘‘paragraphs 

4 (4) and (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (5) and 

5 (6)’’; 

6 (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the fol7 lowing: 

8 ‘‘(4) GRANTS FOR WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS

9 REVITALIZATION.— 

10 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraphs 

11 (5) and (6), the President shall establish a pro12 gram to provide grants to eligible entities or 

13 nonprofit organizations to be used at one or 

14 more waterfront brownfield sites. 

15 ‘‘(B) USE OF FUNDS.—Such grants may 

16 be used for reuse planning, site characterization 

17 and assessment, or remediation at waterfront 

18 brownfields sites, including the integration of 

19 activities related to the design and implementa20 tion of water quality improvements, low impact 

21 development approaches, green infrastructure, 

22 remediation and management of sediments, or 

23 flood damage prevention associated with 

24 brownfields remediation and reuse. 

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1 ‘‘(C) DEFINITION.—For purposes of this 

2 section, the term ‘waterfront brownfield site’ 

3 means a brownfield site any part of which is ad4 jacent to a body of water.’’; 

5 (4) in paragraph (5)(A) (as redesignated by 

6 paragraph (1) of this section) by inserting after 

7 clause (ii) the following: 

8 ‘‘(iii) WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS

9 REVITALIZATION.—A grant made to an eli10 gible entity or nonprofit organization 

11 under paragraph (4) may not exceed 

12 $500,000’’; and 

13 (5) in paragraph (7)(A) (as redesignated by 

14 paragraph (1) of this section) by inserting ‘‘water15 front brownfields revitalization’’ after ‘‘community 

16 involvement’’; and 

17 (6) by striking paragraph (13) (as redesignated 

18 by paragraph (1) of this section) and inserting the 

19 following: 

20 ‘‘(13) FUNDING.— 

21 ‘‘(A) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIA22 TIONS.—There is authorized to be appropriated 

23 to carry out this subsection $220,000,000 for 

24 each of fiscal years 2008 through 2012. 

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1 ‘‘(B) USE OF CERTAIN FUNDS.—Of the 

2 amount made available under subparagraph (A) 

3 $55,000,000, or, if the amount made available 

4 is less than $220,000,000, 25 percent of the 

5 amount made available, shall be used for site 

6 characterization, assessment, and remediation 

7 of facilities described in section 

8 101(39)(D)(ii)(II); and 

9 ‘‘(C) WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS REVI10 TALIZATION.—There are authorized to be ap11 propriated such sums as may be necessary for 

12 waterfront brownfields revitalization grants 

13 under paragraph (4).’’. 

14 SEC. 2. TASK FORCE. 

15 (a) ESTABLISHMENT.—The Administrator of the En16 vironmental Protection Agency shall establish and serve 

17 as chairperson of a task force on waterfront brownfields 

18 revitalization. 

19 (b) MEMBERSHIP.—Members of the task force shall 

20 include representatives who have expertise in waterfronts 

21 or brownfields revitalization, including representatives 

22 from the following: 

23 (1) The Environmental Protection Agency. 

24 (2) The National Oceanographic and Atmos25 pheric Administration. 

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1 (3) The Army Corps of Engineers. 

2 (4) The Department of Transportation. 

3 (5) The Department of Housing and Urban De4 velopment. 

5 (6) The Economic Development Administration. 

6 (7) The Fish and Wildlife Service. 

7 (8) State and Local governments. 

8 (9) Community-based organizations and other 

9 interested parties. 

10 (10) Any additional members the Administrator 

11 chooses to include. 

12 (c) DUTIES.—The task force shall identify— 

13 (1) current and potential funding and technical 

14 assistance resources for waterfront brownfields revi15 talization; 

16 (2) barriers to and solutions for waterfront 

17 brownfields revitalization; and 

18 (3) methods to coordinate interagency efforts 

19 for waterfront brownfields revitalization. 

20 (d) REPORT.—Not later than 3 years after the date 

21 of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi22 ronmental Protection Agency shall submit a report detail23 ing the findings of the task force in improving waterfront 

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1 brownfields revitalization to the appropriate committees of 

2 Congress. 

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