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🌿 Florida’s Brownfields Bills: What You Need to Know 🌿

📜 CS/HB 733 & CS/SB 736 are moving through the Florida Legislature and they could reshape how we clean up contaminated land.

✅ Pros for the Environment:
Encourages cleanup of polluted sites by expanding eligibility for tax credits.
Allows more local governments and private entities to participate in the Brownfields Program.
Could lead to faster redevelopment of neglected areas.

⚠️ Cons for the Environment:
Weakens local oversight by removing mapping requirements for land-use restrictions.
Allows “No Further Action” status even if contamination remains under engineering controls.
Permits sites under federal enforcement to join the program with minimal EPA review.

🗓️ These changes take effect July 1, 2025, if signed into law.

📣 Take Action:
Contact your Florida legislators and ask them to ensure environmental safeguards remain strong in redevelopment efforts. Cleanup should mean clean, not just “good enough.”

House representative for CS/HB 733: Brownfields : https://housedocs.myfloridahouse.gov/FindYourRepresentative

Senate representative for CS/CS/SB 736: Brownfields: https://www.flsenate.gov/Senators/Find

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