**Tl;dr:** California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC – the state equivalent of the EPA) has increased the fees for disposal of contaminated soil – from $10 to $100 a ton. Developers are claiming that this adds an unnecessary expense on top of the already expensive process of Brownfields redevelopment, and disincentivizes the developers performing the clean up.
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This sounds bad. DTSC – the California agency that’s charging this fee doesn’t do anything aside from handling paperwork.
There is a “look back” provision that requires some projects approved in the past to pay additional fees for a second time.
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**Tl;dr:** California’s Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC – the state equivalent of the EPA) has increased the fees for disposal of contaminated soil – from $10 to $100 a ton. Developers are claiming that this adds an unnecessary expense on top of the already expensive process of Brownfields redevelopment, and disincentivizes the developers performing the clean up.
This sounds bad. DTSC – the California agency that’s charging this fee doesn’t do anything aside from handling paperwork.
There is a “look back” provision that requires some projects approved in the past to pay additional fees for a second time.