Pennsylvania’s Voluntary Cleanup Program
•Program Description
•Land Recycling Program (1995) — offers clients release from liability for approved cleanups and PRPs may participate.  the program identifies risk-based standards for clean, simplifies the approval process, and limits future liability when standards are attained.  In addition, it provides financial assistance for assessment and cleanup
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•Financing Programs Targeted to Brownfield Situations
<Industrial Sites Reuse Program — provides loans and grants to municipalities and private entities for site assessment and remediation; maximum of $200,000 for site assessment, or $1 million for remediation per year; <Infrastructure Development Program — provides public and private developers with grants and loans for site remediation, clearance, and new construction, up to $1.25 million per project at 3% interest for 15 years. <Brownfield Inventory Grant (BIG) program — grants up to $50,000 to cities and development authorities to carry out  brownfield inventories.
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•Incentives to Attract Private Investment to Brownfields
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<Key Sites Initiative — state-funded contractors can conduct site assessments and prepare work plans to promote reuse of abandoned industrial properties;
<Keystone Opportunity Zones — in newly designated KOZs, all taxes maybe forgiven for up to 12 years.
<Job Creation Tax Credit Program — a tax credit of $1000 per new job was created for firms who increase employment by 25 jobs or 20% within three years from start date (with program).
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<Economic Benefits/Number of Sites: Over 1,200 sites have entered the program and 1,000 have been completed and approved; over 25,000 jobs created