Brownfields Development in Massachusetts through Privatized Cleanup: One State's Solution
Publication: Practice Periodical of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste Management
Volume 1, Issue 4
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As an example of an innovative Brownfields program, the Massachusetts regulatory framework, together with its Clean Sites Initiative, creates a mechanism through a variety of elements that facilitates the cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated properties. The specific components of the Massachusetts program include a privatized regulatory framework for waste site cleanup, risk-based standards that correlate to the nature of the contaminants and the property use, and a means to limit liability exposure associated with redeveloping contaminated sites through covenant not to sue (CNS) agreements with the state.
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Copyright © 1997 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Oct 1, 1997
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Maura McCaffery
Assoc., Goulston & Storrs, 400 Atlantic Ave., Boston, MA 02110.
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