Washington State Brownfield Polices

Frank Chmelik provided legal expertise to a team; lead by the Maul Foster & Alongi, Inc. a consulting firm that was tasked by the Washington State Department of Ecology to provide recommendations for improvement to Brownfield policies in the state. This latest report is the culmination of a series of recent policy studies of the Washington State Toxics Cleanup Program and Model Toxics Control Act. The recommendations of these studies were integrated and reviewed from the perspective of the real world experience of an advisory panel of experts representing private sector, land development, academia, legal and local and state government perspectives. The report provides a detailed evaluation of Brownfield challenges and solutions as well as provides a comprehensive path forward for improving Washington State’s Brownfield program. The report has been published by the Department of Ecology http://www.ecy.wa.gov/pubs/1109051.pdf