| A brownfield
is a property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which
may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. It is estimated
that there are more than 450,000 brownfields in the U.S. Georgia has followed
the lead of the Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
in promoting the re-development of properties that are
contaminated (or perceived to be contaminated), through the
Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act (HSRA).
United Consulting has used
Georgia's Brownfield Act to assist developers and brokers to
buy/sell contaminated properties. The HSRA provides exemption
for qualified buyers from groundwater remediation and third
party liabilities for past releases. Specific steps and actions
are needed, which United Consulting can perform for you.
United Consulting can prepare the
Brownfield (BF) application. This is commonly a Corrective
Action Plan (CAP) for soil contamination. We can implement the
CAP, and then prepare the Compliance State Report (CSR) at the
conclusion to obtain the environmental Limitation of Liability (LOL)
from the State. We have done this successfully for numerous HSI
and non-HSI properties, and currently have many more in the
Brownfield Program (BFP). Most with legal assistance.
This process can be applied to any
contaminated property, not just industrial facilities.
Commercial properties can benefit from this Act, including gas
stations and dry cleaners. The LOL also passes to future buyers
and includes not being required to remediate groundwater, not
being subject to change in environmental regulations, and
protection from third party liability.
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