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To: Jagermonster

Actually, I would rather see that any new industrial facility (i.e. factory, refinery, electrical generation plant, etc.) that chooses to build on a brownfield site be fast tracked and exempt from environmental analysis since the site is already dirty. The new plant owner is also exempt from liability from contaminants existing prior to the creation of the new facility. The EPA can step in if monitoring wells surrounding the site show that historical contaminants are escaping from the site, and can address that instead of a wholesale cleanup of the entire site. In any event, the new facility owner will not be liable for historical contaminants. This would do a lot toward putting Americans to work since there are thousands of acres of prime industrial land with excellent infrastructure service already in place available for fast tracked factories.


49 posted on 01/27/2017 10:16:03 AM PST by Conservative_Rob
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To: Conservative_Rob

Makes sense for a lot of brownfields, although some of them are remote, or heaven forbid, radioactive. We ought to write a letter to the Donald.


51 posted on 01/27/2017 10:27:49 AM PST by Jagermonster (TANSTAAFL)
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