Using Risk Assessments and Institutional Controls as Brownfields Cleanup Tools
State Legislative Report
By Denise Griffin and George Hagevik
Vol. 28 No. 10
July 2003
By amending cleanup standards to increase regulatory flexibility, many states have facilitated more brownfields cleanups. Risk-based corrective action is a cleanup strategy that integrates exposures and risk-assessment techniques into traditional remediation processes. Institutional controls are legal requirements that help ensure a risk-based approach to cleanup that maintains the appropriate levels of public health and safety for the property's intended use. This report discusses the relationship of risk-based standards and institutional controls to successful brownfields cleanup and redevelopment.
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