PARTNERSHIPS 1) Do you have a city-county partnership to deal any of the following key issues? Yes No Brownfield Redevelopment Yes 3 No Urban Sprawl New Survey or Yes 2) Do you have a city-state partnership to deal with any of the following key issues? No Brownfield Redevelopment 3) How active has your state been in working with your city on brownfields redevelopment? Very Active Somewhat Active Inactive 4) If your state has a Voluntary Cleanup Program, how would you rank its performance in terms of assisting your cities in redeveloping your brownfields? ☐ poor excellent very good satisfactory ☐ not very good 5) Do you expect action in your state legislature on brownfields during 1999? Yes ☐ not applicable 6) Does your city, county, or state offer any incentives (ie., property tax abatement or tax credits) for brownfield redevelopment? Yes No If yes, please specify. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 1) Would your city be willing to fill out a more detailed survey regarding specific brownfield redevelopment projects? ☐ Yes No 2) Please attach a brief description of 2-3 brownfield sites in various stages of redevelopment (not yet developed, project underway, developed property). Please include such characteristics as size, location, past use, impact on the community, etc. Include in your description the major impediments to the redevelopment of each as well as any best practice you would like to see highlighted. (Please limit your description of each site to 1 page, single spaced.) We would also appreciate receiving photographs of the sites in your city. Please e-mail these descriptions, if possible, to jsheahan@usmayors.org. Please fax or mail your responses with completed survey by TUESDAY, JANUARY 12, 1999 to the following address: The United States Conference of Mayors is the official nonpartisan organization of cities with populations of 30,000 or more. Each city is represented in the Conference by its chief elected official, the mayor. This publication was made possible, in part, with funding from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response. The information contained in this document does not necessarily reflect the views of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Reproduction of this report, with the customary credit to the source, is permitted. STATEMENT OF BERNARD J. REILLY CORPORATE COUNSEL DUPONT on behalf of the CHEMICAL MANUFACTURERS ASSOCIATION before the HOUSE TRANSPORTATION AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE, SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT on H.R. 1300, AMERICA'S LAND RECYCLING ACT MAY 12, 1999 Good afternoon Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee. My name is Bernard Reilly. I am Corporate Counsel for DuPont Company and am here representing the Chemical Manufacturers Association (or CMA). CMA is a nonprofit, non-partisan trade association whose member companies produce more than 90 percent of the basic industrial chemicals in the United States. CMA has worked on Superfund reform since the early 1990s with Members of Congress, the Administration, environmental groups, states, cities, and other business organizations. In addition, we have worked with the EPA to improve the Superfund program through administrative reforms. More reform is needed before the program can truly be called “effective." For this reason, I am pleased to offer testimony for CMA on H.R. 1300, America's Land Recycling Act. Although the bill falls short of what many of us would like to see in terms of Superfund reform, it definitely moves in the right direction. We wish to commend you, Mr. Chairman, and the Members of the Subcommittee for your past and present leadership as responsible environmental stewards trying to reform Superfund. We also would like to commend all the bi-partisan cosponsors of your bill. That bipartisan support indicates you have moved in the right direction. CMA SUPPORTS FUNDAMENTAL REFORM The evidence is mounting that, after 17 years of existence, there is more of Superfund behind us than ahead of us. To that end, we all need to take a hard look at where the program is at this point and how best to move into the future. CMA |