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Brownfields, A Step in the Right Direction
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Brownfields_Step_in_the_Right_Direction.pdf
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In 1993 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) responded to the brownfields issue with its Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative. The intent of this initiative was to empower states, localities, and other agents of economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. At the heart of this initiative were a number of pilot projects (Cleveland, OH; Richmond, VA; and Bridgeport, CT) aimed at developing effective approaches to cleaning up and redeveloping abandoned industrial sites.
On January 25, 1995, EPA Administrator Carol Browner announced the Brownfields Action Agenda which outlined EPA’s activities and future plans to help realize the benefits of the Brownfields Initiative. The efforts outlined in the Brownfields Action Agenda can be grouped into four broad and overlapping categories. In the first category there was a significant expansion of the Brownfields Pilot Project
program - up to 50 additional communities by the end of 1996. By July 1995, EPA had already announced the addition of 15 new pilot projects.
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Railroads, Redevelopment and RECs
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Railroads_redevelopment_and_RECs.pdf
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Railroads, Redevelopment and RECs
A growing need for space across the U.S., coupled with strong financial incentives and the CERCLA liability protections in the 2002 Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act, are driving forward the redevelopment of blighted properties everywhere. Thanks in part to more federal brownfields grants, state and municipal governments are looking to redevelopment projects, and that includes turning a critical eye towards abandoned and contaminated urban properties. Local environmental agencies are creating their own inventories of abandoned properties slated for redevelopment, and former railyards are often among them. It is not uncommon for sites formerly used by railroads to sit unused on parcels eyed by local authorities for major redevelopment projects.
These properties are all the more attractive because of their locations, which are often near downtown areas or along waterways and major highways. As a result, a growing number of Phase I environmental site assessments are beingconducted on former railroad properties, which present their own slate of potential environmental concerns.
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BRAC Closures Open Door for New Site Redevelopment
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BRAC_Closures_Open_Door_for_New_Site_Redevelopment.pdf
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Making headlines in mid-May was the news from the Department of Defense that dozens of military bases are being targeted for closure or realignment under the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Act (BRAC). The news was particularly noteworthy as the first round of base closures in more than a decade. In all, DoD is recommending closure of 33 major military installations and the realignment of 29 more, with hundreds of others proposed for staff eductions.
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