January 22, 2004 - The Illinois Pollution Control Board on January 22, 2004, adopted a final opinion and order in the rulemaking entitled Brownfields Site Restoration Program, Amendments to 35 Ill. Adm. Code 740, (R03-20). The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed this rulemaking to establish procedures and standards for administering the Brownfields Site Restoration Program (BSRP). A “brownfields” site is real property with “actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment.” 415 ILCS 5/58.2 (2002).
Board Adopts Procedures and Standards for Administering the Brownfields Site
Restoration ProgramThe Illinois Pollution Control Board on January 22, 2004, adopted a final opinion andorder in the rulemaking entitled Brownfields Site Restoration Program, Amendments to35 Ill.
July 23, 2002).
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BSRP offers reimbursement by the State for the costs of voluntary remediation ofcontamination at an “abandoned” or “underutilized” property, so long as the remediationwould lead to a “net economic benefit” to the State.
Under the BSRP, the IEPA administers the program and remediation applicants may
appeal final IEPA decisions to the Board.
The Board held two public hearings in R03-20.
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