[Congressional Bills 112th Congress]
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[S. 3549 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

112th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                S. 3549

 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to provide grants for the revitalization of 
            waterfront brownfields, and for other purposes.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                           September 13, 2012

Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
       referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and 
   Liability Act of 1980 to provide grants for the revitalization of 
            waterfront brownfields, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Waterfront Brownfields 
Revitalization Act''.

SEC. 2. WATERFRONT BROWNFIELDS GRANT.

    Section 104(k) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. 9604(k)) is 
amended--
            (1) by redesignating paragraphs (4) through (11) and (12) 
        as paragraphs (5) through (12) and (14), respectively;
            (2) in paragraph (3)(A), by striking ``paragraphs (4) and 
        (5)'' and inserting ``paragraphs (5) and (6)'';
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (3) the following:
            ``(4) Grants for waterfront brownfields revitalization.--
                    ``(A) Definition of waterfront brownfields site.--
                In this paragraph, the term `waterfront brownfields 
                site' means a brownfields site that is adjacent to a 
                body of water.
                    ``(B) Program.--Subject to paragraphs (5) and (6), 
                the Administrator shall establish a program to provide 
                grants to eligible entities or nonprofit organizations 
                to be used in accordance with subparagraph (C) for 1 or 
                more waterfront brownfields sites.
                    ``(C) Use of funds.--A grant under this paragraph 
                may be used for reuse planning, site characterization 
                and assessment, or remediation at waterfront 
                brownfields sites, including the integration of 
                activities related to the design and implementation of 
                water quality improvements, low impact development 
                approaches, green infrastructure, remediation and 
                management of sediments, or flood damage prevention 
                associated with brownfields remediation and reuse.'';
            (4) in paragraph (5)(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)), 
        by adding at the end the following:
                            ``(iii) Waterfront brownfields 
                        revitalization.--A grant made to an eligible 
                        entity or nonprofit organization under 
                        paragraph (4) may not exceed $500,000.'';
            (5) in paragraph (7)(A) (as redesignated by paragraph (1)) 
        by inserting ``waterfront brownfields revitalization,'' after 
        ``community involvement,''; and
            (6) by striking paragraph (14) (as redesignated by 
        paragraph (1)) and inserting the following:
            ``(13) Annual report.--The Administrator shall submit to 
        the Committee on Environment and Public Works of the Senate and 
        the Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Committee on 
        Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of 
        Representatives an annual report on the implementation of the 
        brownfield site characterization and assessment grant program 
        under this subsection.
            ``(14) Funding.--
                    ``(A) Authorization of appropriations.--There is 
                authorized to be appropriated to carry out this 
                subsection $220,000,000 for each of fiscal years 2013 
                through 2017.
                    ``(B) Use of certain funds.--Of the amount made 
                available under subparagraph (A) for a fiscal year, 
                $55,000,000, or, if the amount made available is less 
                than $220,000,000, 25 percent of the amount made 
                available, shall be used for site characterization, 
                assessment, and remediation of facilities described in 
                section 101(39)(D)(ii)(II).
                    ``(C) Waterfront brownfields revitalization.--There 
                are authorized to be appropriated to carry out 
                paragraph (4) such sums as are necessary.''.

SEC. 3. TASK FORCE.

    (a) Establishment.--The Administrator of the Environmental 
Protection Agency shall establish and serve as chairperson of a task 
force on the revitalization of waterfront brownfields (as defined in 
section 104(k)(4) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, 
Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980) (as added by section 2(3)).
    (b) Membership.--Members of the task force shall include 
representatives who have expertise in waterfronts or brownfields 
revitalization, including representatives from--
            (1) the Environmental Protection Agency;
            (2) the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric 
        Administration;
            (3) the Corps of Engineers;
            (4) the Department of Transportation;
            (5) the Department of Housing and Urban Development;
            (6) the Economic Development Administration;
            (7) the United States Fish and Wildlife Service;
            (8) State and local governments;
            (9) community-based organizations and other interested 
        parties; and
            (10) any other agency or entity the Administrator 
        determines to be appropriate.
    (c) Duties.--The task force shall identify--
            (1) existing and potential funding and technical assistance 
        resources for waterfront brownfields revitalization;
            (2) barriers to and solutions for waterfront brownfields 
        revitalization; and
            (3) methods to coordinate interagency efforts for 
        waterfront brownfields revitalization.
    (d) Report.--Not later than 3 years after the date of enactment of 
this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall submit to the appropriate committees of Congress a report 
describing the findings of the task force on improving waterfront 
brownfields revitalization.
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