RE-Powering America's Land

Redevelopment Tools:

• Liability Relief Resources:

  • Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Property: Addressing Liability Concerns (PDF) (13 pp, 365K, About PDF)
    Provides a brief description of liability relief mechanisms and includes web site links to associated resources.
  • Brownfields Liability Relief Act
    This Act provides certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) of 1980. It promotes the cleanup and reuse of brownfields, provides financial assistance for brownfields revitalization, and enhances state response programs.
  • Enforcement Tools that Address Liability Concerns
    EPA has developed a number of policies and tools that address landowner liability concerns so that protective cleanups and revitalization can take place.
  • Lender Liability Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 30K, About PDF)
    Provides answers to frequently asked questions regarding Superfund, Brownfields and lender liability.
  • The Revitalization Handbook
    "Revitalizing Contaminated Sites: Addressing Liability Concerns (The Revitalization Handbook)" addresses environmental cleanup liability risks associated with the revitalization of contaminated property or sites.
  • Top 10 Questions to Ask When Buying a Superfund Site (PDF) (12 pp, 771K, About PDF)
    Provides answers to some of the question that a prospective purchaser may have when considering whether to purchase property as a privately owned Superfund site.

• EPA Redevelopment Sites:

  • Abandoned Mine Lands Revitalization and Reuse
  • Brownfields and Land Revitalization
  • Land Revitalization
  • Superfund Redevelopment

For further information regarding RE-Powering America's Land: Renewable Energy on Potentially Contaminated Land and Mine Sites, please contact: cleanenergy@epa.gov