Document Type
Article
Media Type
Text
Abstract
Potential Illinois landowners have been fearful of redeveloping urban industrial area since the advent of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act ("CERCLA"). Landowners feared the astronomical cleanup liability associated with purchasing contaminated property as well as the vigor in which the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency enforced such cleanup. However, this fear has now been abated to a degree, with Governor Edgar signing into law the Illinois Brownflelds program. This article explores the need for such a program, and proceeds to analyze the program's objectives and application. The article ends by appreciating that there will be an experimental stage to this program and that the regulated community should pay close attention to possibilities of this program.
First Page
621
Last Page
630
Publication Date
7-1-1996
Department
Other
ISSN
0734-1490
Language
eng
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Law Review
Recommended Citation
Rieser, David L.
(1996)
"Brownfields Bill Promotes Sweeping Changes,"
Northern Illinois University Law Review: Vol. 16:
Iss.
3, Article 1.
Suggested Citation
David L. Rieser, Brownfields Bill Promotes Sweeping Changes, 16 N. Ill. U. L. Rev. 621 (1996).
