Environmental
What is the Pennsylvania DEP's Land Recycling Program (Act 2) primarily designed to accomplish?
ARegulate household recycling programs in Pennsylvania municipalities
BProvide a cleanup framework with liability protection for voluntary remediation of contaminated sites✓ Correct
CMandate cleanup of all agricultural land after use
DControl industrial waste disposal in Pennsylvania rivers
Explanation
Act 2 (Land Recycling and Environmental Remediation Standards Act) establishes uniform cleanup standards and provides liability protection (relief from further remediation liability) to encourage voluntary cleanup of contaminated brownfield sites. Pennsylvania's Act 2 program has been a national model for brownfield redevelopment, allowing contaminated urban and industrial sites to be productively reused.
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