"If you build it, they will come," says Russell Taylor, a certified crop adviser and agronomist, referring to the beneficial microorganisms that will eventually recolonize restored soils.
In a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee hearing, experts outlined how contaminated industrial properties could be transformed into productive assets
Congress explores how America's 450,000 brownfield sites could become the critical infrastructure foundation for the nation's AI and technological future, revealing a bipartisan strategy to transform contaminated industrial lands.
The next phase involves finalizing Memorandums of Understanding between the DEP, municipalities, and BDA Steering Committees, establishing frameworks for site remediation and redevelopment plans.
As the EPA continues its mission to protect public health and the environment, these reviews serve as crucial checkpoints in the ongoing effort to clean up America's most contaminated sites.
For residents of Johnson County, the wait for federal assistance continues as local officials work to address what they describe as an unprecedented environmental disaster.
Measure could impact an estimated 450,000 contaminated properties across the United States while spurring economic development in affected communities.
The cleanup is funded through the $5.15 billion Tronox settlement reached in 2014, which allocated $1 billion specifically for remediating 50 uranium mines across the Navajo Nation.