Are environmental “cleanup” and “remediation” the same thing?
For the purposes of the Brownfields Program, environmental “cleanup” and “remediation” are terms used interchangeably by recipients to refer to actions taken to respond to a hazardous material release or threat of a release that could affect human health and/or the environment (e.g., removal of pollution or contaminants from environmental media such as soil, ground water, sediment, or surface water).
