Facing increasing pressure to slash government spending, House Republicans hedged on the future of an EPA cleanup program popular among state and local leaders.
The Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment heard pleas Wednesday to not only reauthorize the brownfields program but increase funding.
Subcommittee Chair Mike Collins (R-Ga.) held a hearing to learn more about the “programmatic efficiencies and regulatory relief” needed when it comes to brownfields. EPA’s program provides technical assistance and grants.
“This program provides common-sense liability relief to folks who want to improve a degraded site,” Collins said. “But we know that just throwing hard-earned taxpayer money at problems doesn’t make them go away.”
