Environmental Brownfield Redevelopment Program (NREPA)

Current understanding

The Natural Resources and Environmental Protection Act (1994 PA 451) includes an environmental brownfield redevelopment program governing site assessment, cleanup, and liability provisions for contaminated properties, currently codified at MCL 324.19608a et seq. SB 0898 (103rd Legislature) amends sections 19608a, 19608b, 19609, 19610, 19610a, 19611, 19612, 19613, 20108b, and 21506a and adds a new Part 192 to restructure or expand the program; the bill has passed one chamber. Specific dollar figures, eligibility changes, and the scope of new Part 192 remain to be recorded from the enrolled text.

Evidence log

• 2026-07-29 — Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; transformational brownfield plan; modify. Amends secs. 2, 13c, 14a & 16 of 1996 PA 381 (MCL 125.2652 et seq.) & adds secs.16a & 16b.: cross-connection with brownfield-redevelopment-financing: The Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act (tax-capture financing) and the NREPA brownfield redevelopment program (environmental cleanup framework) operate as paired statutes for redeveloping contaminated or blighted property. (novelty: 2)
• 2026-06-17 — Economic development: brownfield redevelopment authority; environmental brownfield redevelopment program; modify. Amends secs. 19608a, 19608b, 19609, 19610, 19610a, 19611, 19612, 19613, 20108b & 21506a of 1994 PA 451 (MCL 324.19608a et seq.) & adds pt. 192.: cross-connection with brownfield-redevelopment-financing: Two distinct Michigan brownfield statutes are being updated together: the NREPA environmental cleanup/liability program (SB 0898) and the Brownfield Redevelopment Financing Act’s transformational brownfield plans (SB 0723), together forming a paired revision of Michigan’s brownfield legal framework. (novelty: 3)

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