You’ve Been Arrested For DWI, Now What?

So you’ve been charged with a DWI. You wake up the morning after and your life is suddenly different. More than likely, your car has been towed or left in a vacant lot near the scene of your arrest. You look in your wallet, suddenly remembering that your license was confiscated by law enforcement. You wouldn’t be allowed to drive even if you had your car! The details of the evening come back to you in a rush of embarrassment and anxiety. Now what?

The North Carolina Brownfields Program

Wondering what all the fuss about re-development of contaminated properties, or “Brownfields” relates to, and how the program works? Fret no more. When contemplating Brownfields, think Superfund (and its sibling environmental cleanup programs). Were it not for owner liability under Superfund and related environmental statutes, there would be no Brownfields. That is to say, it is a fact that new owners of contaminated sites can be held just as liable for the cost of cleanup as the original polluters, which is why would-be redevelopers of such sites are driven into the arms of Brownfields programs. Moreover, as of this year, newly enacted legislation allows an important new category of sites – those polluted by underground storage tanks – into the program.