Superfund reform bill for Small Business Liability Relief signed into law in January. (Washington Alert).On December 20, both the House and Senate approved a superfund reform bill that will provide liability relief to small businesses and innocent landowners. On January 11, President Bush signed the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfield See greenfield. Revitalization re·vi·tal·ize tr.v. re·vi·tal·ized, re·vi·tal·iz·ing, re·vi·tal·iz·es To impart new life or vigor to: plans to revitalize inner-city neighborhoods; tried to revitalize a flagging economy. Act (H.R. 2869) into law. The law is designed to promote the redevelopment of previously polluted pol·lute tr.v. pol·lut·ed, pol·lut·ing, pol·lutes 1. To make unfit for or harmful to living things, especially by the addition of waste matter. See Synonyms at contaminate. 2. properties (known as brownfields) by providing a "deminimis" exemption from Superfund liability for businesses that disposed of less than 100 gal of liquid or 200 lb of sold hazardous material before April 1, 2001 at a site listed on the National Priorities List. The law also exempts from Superfund liability households or facilities that employ no more than 100 people and disposed of only municipal solid waste “Municipal waste” redirects here. For other uses, see Municipal waste (disambiguation). Municipal solid waste (MSW) is a waste type that includes predominantly household waste (domestic waste) with sometimes the addition of commercial wastes collected by a at a superfund site. In addition to the liability relief provisions, the law authorizes $250 million annually in fiscal years 2002-06 to fund assessment and cleanup activities. |
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