The U.S. EPA Region IV is comprised of eight states [Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Florida] in the southeastern United States and it is the largest U.S. EPA region (by number of states covered) in the country. As a result, there are a fair number of Superfund sites within Region IV. Consistent with goals of the BFPP provisions, U.S. EPA Region IV offers assistance in evaluating potential redevelopment of a Super-fund site. Upon request, Region IV will arrange a Prospective Purchaser Inquiry (PPI) call with all of the appropriate parties to discuss the specific conditions, limitations and other relevant factors relating to the site. The purpose is to allow a prospective purchaser a chance to obtain sufficient information to make a knowledgeable decision about proceeding with a proposed Superfund site redevelopment. Such calls are successful even if the specific result is only to highlight that the site is not appropriate either physically or economically for the proposed redevelopment project.

In the Southeast, brownfield redevelopment picked up steam after 2002 when the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) began an initiative to accelerate cleanups at brownfield sites. This coincided with the passage of brownfield legislation in various states such as Georgia where the current brownfield program was created by amendments to the Hazardous Site Reuse and Redevelopment Act in 2002. Now, approximately 40 states have also implemented their own brownfield programs expanding the scope of qualifying properties and often simplifying the overall process. ...

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