District of Columbia Code
Title 8 - Environmental and Animal Control and Protection
Chapter 6A - Brownfield Revitalization

Subchapter I - Purposes, Findings, Definitions

§ 8–631.01. Findings and declaration of purpose - The Council finds that the public interest is best served...

§ 8–631.02. Definitions - For the purposes of this chapter, the term: (1) “Applicant”...

Subchapter II - Liabilities and Defenses

§ 8–632.01. Liabilities - (a) It shall be unlawful to release any hazardous substance...

§ 8–632.02. Defenses - (a) A person shall not be liable pursuant to §...

§ 8–632.03. Liability of a non-responsible person - (a) If DDOE approves an applicant’s status as a non-responsible...

Subchapter III - Voluntary Cleanup Program

§ 8–633.01. Establishment - (a) There is hereby established a Voluntary Cleanup Program (“Program”)...

§ 8–633.02. Eligibility and requirements - (a) In order to participate in the program, a person...

§ 8–633.03. Cleanup action plan - (a) The participant shall submit a cleanup action plan to...

§ 8–633.04. Fees, bonds, and other security of the cleanup action plan - (a) The Mayor may require an applicant to pay a...

§ 8–633.05. Cleanup standards - (a) DDOE shall publish in the District of Columbia Register,...

§ 8–633.06. Certificate of Completion - (a) The participant shall notify DDOE that the cleanup action...

§ 8–633.07. Withdrawal from the Program - (a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of...

§ 8–633.08. Clean Land Fund - (a) There is established, the Clean Land Fund, as a...

Subchapter IV - Hazardous Substance Response

§ 8–634.01. Response and order authority - (a) Upon receipt of information of a threatened or actual...

§ 8–634.02. Reimbursement for reasonable costs - (a) A person who receives and complies with the terms...

§ 8–634.03. Access to information - (a) The Mayor, upon reasonable notice, may require any person...

§ 8–634.04. Entry, inspection, and sampling - (a) Upon a determination of a threat or an actual...

§ 8–634.05. Review - If the Mayor selects a response action pursuant to §...

§ 8–634.06. Civil penalties - Pursuant to § 8-634.01, a person who: (1) Violates or...

§ 8–634.07. Judicial actions - The Mayor may request the Attorney General, and the Attorney...

§ 8–634.08. Settlement authority - (a) The Mayor, in his or her discretion, may enter...

§ 8–634.09. Contribution action - (a) A person may seek contribution from another person who...

§ 8–634.10. Statute of limitations - (a) The provisions of § 12-301(10) notwithstanding, an action by...

§ 8–634.11. Judicial review - (a) In considering a challenge made to a response action...

Subchapter V - Institutional Controls

§ 8–635.01. Institutional control - (a) DDOE is authorized to create, modify, maintain and disseminate...

Subchapter VI - Public Notice, Involvement

§ 8–636.01. Public notice - (a) Prior to the approval of any application or cleanup...

§ 8–636.02. Public involvement - (a) In addition to the provisions of § 8-636.01, DDOE...

§ 8–636.03. Timing of review - A court shall not review a challenge to a response...

Subchapter VII - Cleanup Incentives

§ 8–637.01. Incentive authorized - (a) The Mayor may submit proposed rules to the Council...

§ 8–637.02. Requirements - (a) The Mayor may grant a property tax reduction on...

§ 8–637.03. Environmental Savings Account Program - The Mayor shall establish an Environmental Savings Account Program which...

§ 8–637.04. Contaminated property cleanup assistance - (a) Subject to availability of funds in the Clean Land...

Subchapter VIII - Rules, Fiscal Impact, Effective Date

§ 8–638.01. Rules - (a) The Mayor may promulgate rules to implement the provisions...