The DNR will determine the order of awarding reimbursements. Dry cleaner owners and operators need to submit an application to the DNR to participate. Stewardship Funds - Local units of government and nonprofit conservation organizations are eligible to apply for grants under the Stewardship Program to acquire brownfields properties if the properties are going to be used for urban green space or for the preservation or restoration of urban rivers or river fronts for economic revitalization and outdoor recreation activities which involve natural resources. In the past, cleanup costs had to be capitalized over several years. Allows certificate of completion for portion of site or certain substances.
Party is still responsible to remediate contamination remaining on the property.
32, it is immune from civil liability related to a hazardous substance discharge on or from that property if they no longer own or control the property. Local governmental units that acquire property through tax delinquency proceedings, through condemnation or other proceedings under ch. 32, or that acquire the property for the purpose of slum clearance or blight elimination are exempt from certain provisions in the Spill Law. If a lender elects to submit to the DNR an environmental assessment that is more than one year old, the lender must provide specific updated information about the site and the DNR will determine its adequacy. Brownfields Remediation Loan Guarantee Program - described above.