Environmental

Montana's Voluntary Cleanup and Redevelopment Act (VCRA) encourages the cleanup of contaminated ('brownfield') properties by:

ARequiring mandatory cleanup of all contaminated sites within 5 years

BProviding a liability release for parties who voluntarily clean up contaminated property to state standards✓ Correct

CTransferring all cleanup costs to the state government

DExempting industrial properties from environmental regulations

Explanation

Montana's VCRA encourages voluntary remediation of brownfield sites by offering a covenant not to sue (liability release) to parties who clean up contaminated properties to applicable state standards. This removes the liability cloud and facilitates redevelopment.

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Key Terms to Know

Zoning

Local government regulations that control land use by dividing areas into zones specifying permitted uses, building sizes, and densities.

Variance

Official permission to use land in a way that does not conform to the applicable zoning ordinance, granted by a zoning board when strict enforcement would cause undue hardship.

Eminent Domain

The power of government to take private property for public use, with the requirement to pay the owner just compensation.

Adverse Possession

A doctrine by which a person can gain legal title to another's land by openly, continuously, and adversely occupying it for a statutory period.