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111TH CONGRESS 

2D SESSION S. 3374 

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 

Liability Act of 1980 to establish a grant program to revitalize brownfield 

sites for the purpose of locating renewable electricity generation facilities 

on those sites. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

MAY 13, 2010 

Mr. LAUTENBERG introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 

referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works 

A BILL 

To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to establish a grant 

program to revitalize brownfield sites for the purpose 

of locating renewable electricity generation facilities on 

those sites. 

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

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Cleanfields Investment 

5 Act’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. PURPOSE. 

2 The purpose of this Act is to establish a program to 

3 fund grants— 

4 (1) to inventory, characterize, assess, and con5 duct planning relating to brownfield sites for the 

6 purpose of locating renewable electricity generation 

7 facilities on those brownfield sites; or 

8 (2) for use in remediating brownfield sites for 

9 the purpose of locating renewable electricity genera10 tion facilities on those brownfield sites. 

11 SEC. 3. DEFINITION. 

12 Section 101 of the Comprehensive Environmental Re13 sponse, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 

14 U.S.C. 9601) is amended by adding at the end the fol15 lowing: 

16 ‘‘(42) RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION

17 FACILITY.—The term ‘renewable electricity genera18 tion facility’ means a facility that generates renew19 able electricity from wind energy, solar energy, or 

20 geothermal energy.’’. 

21 SEC. 4. RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY BROWNFIELD SITE 

22 FUNDING. 

23 Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental 

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

25 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is amended— 


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1 (1) by redesignating paragraph (12) as para2 graph (13); 

3 (2) by inserting after paragraph (11) the fol4 lowing: 

5 ‘‘(12) RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY BROWNFIELD

6 SITE FUNDING.— 

7 ‘‘(A) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

8 shall establish a program to provide grants to— 

9 ‘‘(i) eligible entities, to be used for 

10 capitalization of revolving loan funds to 

11 provide assistance in accordance with sub12 paragraph (B); and 

13 ‘‘(ii) eligible entities or nonprofit orga14 nizations, as determined by the Adminis15 trator in accordance with subparagraph 

16 (C), to be used directly— 

17 ‘‘(I) to inventory, characterize, 

18 assess, and conduct planning relating 

19 to 1 or more brownfield sites for the 

20 purpose of locating a renewable elec21 tricity generation facility on those 

22 brownfield sites; or 

23 ‘‘(II) for remediation of 1 or 

24 more brownfield sites for the purpose 

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1 eration facility on those brownfield 

2 sites. 

3 ‘‘(B) USE OF LOAN AND GRANT FUNDS

4 PROVIDED BY ELIGIBLE ENTITIES.—An eligible 

5 entity that receives a grant under subparagraph 

6 (A)(i) shall use the grant to provide assistance 

7 for a purpose described in subparagraph (A)(ii) 

8 in the form of 1 or more— 

9 ‘‘(i) loans to an eligible entity, site 

10 owner, site developer, or other person; or 

11 ‘‘(ii) grants to an eligible entity or 

12 other nonprofit organization, where war13 ranted, as determined in accordance with 

14 subparagraph (C) by the eligible entity 

15 that is providing the assistance. 

16 ‘‘(C) CONSIDERATIONS.— 

17 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—Not later than 90 

18 days after the date of enactment of the 

19 Cleanfields Investment Act, the Adminis20 trator shall issue guidance describing the 

21 considerations to be used in determining 

22 whether a grant under subparagraph (A) is 

23 warranted for a purpose described in sub24 paragraph (A)(ii). 


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1 ‘‘(ii) USE OF GUIDANCE.—The guid2 ance issued under clause (i) shall be used 

3 by the Administrator or an eligible entity, 

4 as the case may be, to determine whether 

5 a grant under subparagraph (A) is war6 ranted. 

7 ‘‘(D) RANKING CRITERIA.— 

8 ‘‘(i) IN GENERAL.—The Administrator 

9 shall issue ranking criteria to be used in 

10 determining whether a grant under sub11 paragraph (A) is warranted for a purpose 

12 described in subparagraph (A)(ii). 

13 ‘‘(ii) USE OF RANKING CRITERIA.— 

14 The ranking criteria issued under clause 

15 (i) shall be used by the Administrator or 

16 an eligible entity, as the case may be, to 

17 determine whether a grant under subpara18 graph (A) is warranted. 

19 ‘‘(E) IMPLEMENTATION.—Paragraphs (4), 

20 (5)(A), (5)(B), and (6) through (11) shall apply 

21 to the implementation of this paragraph.’’; and 

22 (3) in paragraph (13) (as so redesignated), by 

23 adding at the end the following: 

24 ‘‘(C) AUTHORIZATION OF APPROPRIATIONS

25 FOR RENEWABLE ELECTRICITY GENERATION


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1 FACILITY BROWNFIELDS FUNDING.—There is 

2 authorized to be appropriated to the Adminis3 trator, to fund grants to inventory, charac4 terize, assess, and conduct planning relating to 

5 brownfield sites for the purpose of locating re6 newable electricity generation facilities on those 

7 brownfield sites, or for remediation of 

8 brownfield sites for the purpose of locating re9 newable electricity generation facilities on those 

10 brownfield sites, $50,000,000 for each of fiscal 

11 years 2011 through 2016.’’. 

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