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Potential Clean Water Act Amendments & Region-Specific Initiatives


H.R. 455 - Long Island Sound Restoration Act
Representative Gary L. Ackerman (D-NY)
A bill to authorize the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to made grants to the States of New York and Connecticut for the purpose of demonstrating methods of improving water quality in Long Island Sound.

Potential CERCLA (Superfund) Amendments

H.R.1409 - Brownfield Economic Revitalization Act of 1997
Representative Christopher Shays (R-CT)
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency and the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to provide financial assistance to support the assessment, cleanup and economic redevelopment of brownfield sites; to amend the Internal Revenue code of 1986 to encourage the cleanup of such sites by allowing the expensing of environmental remediation costs.

H.R.1206 - Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Act
Representative Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN)
A bill to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which States may be certified to carry our voluntary environmental cleanup programs for low and medium priority sites to protect human health and the environment and promote economic development.

H.R.1392 - Brownfields Reuse and Real Estate Development Act
Representative Ralph Regula (R-OH)
A bill to require the admnistrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a program under which states may be certified to carry our voluntary environmental cleanup programs and to amend CERCLA regarding liability of landowners and prospective purchasers.

H.R. 1395 - Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup Act of 1997
Representative Steven R. Rothman (D-NJ)
A bill to assist the States and local governments in assessing and remediating brownfield sites and encouraging environmental cleanup programs.

H.R. 1462 - Brownfield Cleanup and Redevelopment Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Project Act of 1997
Representative Peter J. Visclosky (D-IN)
A bill to authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to establish a pilot project providing loans to States to establish revolving loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields sites in distressed areas that have the potential to attract private investment and create local employment.


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