ROBERT L. EHRLICH, JR., Governor

Ch. 466

(10) one representative from the University System of Maryland with
expertise in the area of brownfields remediation or environmental science, appointed
by the Chancellor.

(c)      The President of the Senate and the Speaker of the House shall jointly
designate the chairman of the Task Force.

(d)     The Department of the Environment and the Department of Business and
Economic Development shall provide staff for the Task Force.

(e)     A member of the Task Force:

(1)     may not receive compensation; but

(2)     is entitled to reimbursement for expenses under the Standard State
Travel Regulations, as provided in the State budget.

(f)      The Task Force shall:

(1)     review the recent amendments to the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act as they relate to
brownfields, including:

(i) the definition of a "bona fide prospective purchaser";

(ii) the classification of a bona fide prospective purchaser as not an
owner or operator for purposes of "responsible person" status; and

(iii) the imposition of a windfall lien on a bona fide prospective
purchaser.

(2)     examine the consequences of enacting State brownfields legislation
similar to the amendments discussed in paragraph (1) of this subsection;

(3)     examine the consequences of including properties under active
enforcement as eligible properties under the State Voluntary Cleanup Program;

(4)     examine the consequences of providing liability protections to
economic development corporations and counties that take ownership of
contaminated or potentially contaminated sites;

(5)     examine methods by which a Program participant that received a no
further requirements determination conditioned on certain uses of the property could
apply for and receive a revised no further requirements determination based on
different uses of the property;

(6)     examine the consequences of providing for focused site cleanups,
including limited liability protection for such cleanups, that are limited to specific
types of contamination or specific portions of the property;

(7)     examine the consequences of authorizing economic development
corporations to act as a lender under the Maryland Clean Water Revolving Loan
Fund; and

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