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34 B. C. Envtl. Aff. L. Rev. 559 (2007)
Brownfield Redevelopment in the European Union

handle is hein.journals/bcenv34 and id is 567 raw text is: BROWNFIELD REDEVELOPMENT IN THE EUROPEAN UNION BERNARD VANHEUSDEN* Abstract: Brownfields not only occur in the United States, but in every industrialized country and region. The European Union is currently con- fronting the challenge of regulating these sites. This Article offers a com- parative survey of different legal approaches within both the European Union and the United States toward dealing with brownfields. As a case study, it outlines important developments in the Flemish region of Bel- gium. It is clear that more and more Member States are searching for dif- ferent measures to deal with soil remediation in general, and brownfields in particular. However, the shortage of knowledge and information re- garding brownfield development creates myraid difficulties with the start- up and realization of potential brownfield projects. Additionally, and with regard to funding schemes, no consideration is made of the sustainability of the methods used to redevelop these sites. INTRODUCTION Brownfields-a term coined in the United States-has become a major soil-related problem the world over. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) started the Brownfields Economic Redevel- opment Initiative (Brownfields Initiative) in 1993. Since its inception, EPA's Brownfields Initiative has blossomed into a major national pro- gram, changing the way that contaminated property is perceived, ad- dressed, and managed in the United States. The Small Business Liabil- ity Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act,1 which includes numerous * Research Assistant, Hasselt University (Belgium); Ph.D., Institute for Environmental and Energy Law, Catholic University of Leuven (Belgium). The author wishes to thank the editors of the Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review--in particular Christina McDonough, Edward M. Thomas and Robert Frederickson-for making the November 2006 Smart Brownfield Redevelopment for the 21st Century Symposium and this Article possible. This Article includes limited research from Bernard Vanheusden, Towards a Legal Frame- work in the EUfor Brownfield Redevelopment, EUR. ENVTL. L. REv. 178-1-86 (2003). 1 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, Pub. L. No. 107-118, 115 Stat. 2356 (codified as amended in scattered sections of 42 U.S.C.). This Act was signed by President Bush on January 11, 2002. See id. The full title is An Act to provide certain relief for small businesses from liability under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, and to amend such Act to promote 559

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