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April 2008
 

Finding Perfect Balance

By Deborah Goldblum, Bob Greaves

Approaches to cleaning up contaminated property have evolved over time to incorporate new technologies and address new environmental concerns. Due to increased awareness of the potential effects of climate change, individuals from government, industry and academia have begun to examine the impact of a cleanup on greenhouse gas emissions, as well as a broad range of sustainability issues.

EPA Region 3 tackled this subject a year ago by initiating a sustainable remediation pilot with a facility required to perform corrective action under RCRA. The purpose of the pilot (see BFN, Dec. 2007) was to determine whether the RCRA program could incorporate measures of sustainability into the remedy decision process. ...


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Virginia: Web Ring Speeds Use of Land Use Control Information - Everyone wants to be green these days. Turn on the TV and you see commercials about oil companies building windmills. Thanks to the efforts of the ...

Nested Sustainability Efforts: From Green Buildings to a Sustainable State - Sustainability can be likened to the term “Rashomon effect,” from the 1950 Japanese film of the same name, which suggests that the truth of a situation ...

Renewable Energy Development Initiative: Siting Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites - This past spring, the U. S. EPA launched its first initiative aimed at encouraging, facilitating and supporting the redevelopment of brownfield sites with renewable energy facilities. The initiative, Siting Renewable ...

What the Industry About Restoring RCRA - Last fall, the Regional Green-house Gas Initiative (RGGI), a cooperative effort by 10 Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states, went live as the first mandatory, market-based CO2 emissions ...

Connecticut : Smart Growth Architect Pushes Charrette - The DuPont Corporate Remediation Group (CRG) now distinguishes between and selects remedial actions based on sustainability by performing sustainable remediation assessments at brownfield sites. The assessments ...

Green Remediation Technology on the Rise - There is a new awareness in the selection of remediation technologies at brownfield sites which considers the impact of remediation on the environment. This approach, which considers sustainability issues, has ...

Minimizing Cleanup Footprints - Cleanup professionals in the United States and Europe are becoming more interested in identifying best practices to help reduce the environmental footprint of contaminated site cleanups. ...

State-of-the-Art Remediation for Brownfield Sites - “That land doesn’t mean anything to you?” In “Gone with the Wind,” Scarlett O’Hara learned that “land’s the only thing in the world worth working for, ...


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Inside the Beltway: Can Bi-Partisanship Boost Brownfields?
With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …

Chicago Urban Ag Development Is ‘Food for Thought’ ...

Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…

First Panned, Then Well-Planned! ...

At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…

Highpointe of Clemson, 500 West Cherry Road, Columbia, S.C. ...

PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…


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Vice President of Construction (Memphis, Tennessee)
The Vice President of Construction provides leadership and direction for all aspects of construction throughout the company, including strategic planning and improving current systems and work progres…
Environmental Project Manager (Toledo, Ohio)
SME, consultants in the Geosciences, Materials and the Environment, seeks an experienced Environmental Professional for its growing Toledo office. For 47 years, SME has provided cost-effective, pract…
Senior Environmental Professional (Kalamazoo, Michigan)
SME is seeking an experienced Environmental Professional with 15+ years experience for our Kalamazoo office to provide technical leadership and senior-level project management. For 47 years, SME has …
Certified Residential Appraiser (Columbus, Ohio)
CJob Description:- The client, is seeking HUD approved, Certified Appraisers in the Ohio area. - Knowledge of ACI software is a plus.- $20 per month cell phone credit - Guaranteed bi-weekly pay checks…
Revit Drafter (Boston, Massachusetts)
Aerotek is currently seeking a Revit Technician.This is a contract through the end of February with strong possibility to extend/go perm. Qualifications:-5 years architectural office experience-3 year…
Structural Engineer (Saginaw, Michigan)
We are working with an Architecture Firm in Saginaw, MI, and they are looking for a structural engineer. A good candidate for the position is a licensed Engineer or an Engineer in Training with 3 year…
SAP SRM Consultant (Charlotte, North Carolina)
The position is open due to the lack of SAP SRM business process domain knowledge within their existing team and this person will fill be the subject matter expert for their SRM systems. A big part of…



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Industry Profiles
 
Andrea Reveile Andrea Reveile
Del Valle, Texas
Vice President, A & R Demolition

Vicky Keramida Vicky Keramida
Indianapolis
president and CEO of KERAMIDA Environmental, Inc.

William Murdock William Murdock
Columbus, Ohio
Director of the Urban Development Division of Ohio Dept. of Development



Whitepapers
 
Accelerating Economic Development:The Area-Wide Approach of the Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program
by Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, and Jeff Jones
The new report by New Partners for Community Revitalization (NPCR) shows how New York State is revitalizing neighborhoods plagued by multiple brownfield sites, while stimulating economic growth and creating local jobs.
   
Smart Growth Outlook 2011: Challenges and Opportunities in Brownfields, Area-wide Planning & Implementation
By Jody Kass, Laura Truettner, John Fleming, Jeff Jones
Brownfields redevelopment policy in New York is in transition as the area-wide approach emerges as an innovative tool for urban revitalization.
   
The Brownfield Opportunity Areas Program: Smart Investments Laying the Groundwork for Economic Development, June 2011
by Laura Truettner
In April, 2011, New York State awarded $6.5 million in new grants under its landmark Brownfield Opportunity Areas (BOA) program, bringing the total state investment in BOA to $34 million.
   

Press Releases
 
Brownfields Forum, BOA EXPO, Award to Suffolk County Executive-Elect Steven Bellone

Industry Events
 
New Partners for Smart Growth Conference
Feb 02, 2012 - Today
San Diego
Carbon Management Technology Conference
Feb 07, 2012 - Feb 09, 2012
Orlando
Southwest Fire Ecology Conference—Fire, Landscapes, Wildlife & People: Building Alliances for Restoring Ecosystem Resilience
Feb 27, 2012 - Mar 01, 2012
Santa Fe

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Industry Experts
 
Kenneth H. Kastman
Chicago
URS Corp.

Susan Boyle
Mt. Laurel
Senior Environmental Practice Leader, GEI Consultants

Therese Carpenter
Phoenix
Environmental Scientist



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