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Superfund: Barriers to Brownfield Redevelopment

RCED-96-125 Published: Jun 17, 1996. Publicly Released: Jun 28, 1996.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed proposed legislation to redevelop abandoned, urban industrial sites, focusing on: (1) the number of potential sites nationwide; (2) impediments to redeveloping sites posed by the Superfund program; and (3) whether proposed loans to local governments are sufficient for conducting site assessments.

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Economically depressed areasEnvironment evaluationEnvironmental lawIndustrial facilitiesIndustrial wastesLiability (legal)Loans to localitiesProposed legislationToxic substancesUrban economic developmentBrownfields