Environmental
A Pennsylvania brownfield developer who completes cleanup under Act 2 and receives a release of liability from the Commonwealth:
AReceives a blanket release from all state and federal environmental liability forever
BReceives protection from future Commonwealth cleanup liability for the contamination addressed, but federal CERCLA liability may still exist✓ Correct
CIs exempt from all future environmental regulations on the property
DMust deed the property to the Commonwealth after cleanup
Explanation
Act 2 provides a release from Commonwealth (state) environmental cleanup liability for contamination addressed under the remediation. However, this does not automatically release federal CERCLA (Superfund) liability. Developers should address both state and federal liability as part of brownfield transactions.
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