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COVER STORY --
By Ken Kastman, PE
Institutional controls for brownfields relate to a
concept that has evolved during the last ten years, and continues to
change. This evolution started soon after risk-based closure concepts found
their way into state voluntary cleanup programs. Risk-based closures result
in exit strategies for site cleanup that protect human health and the
environment, but do not necessarily …
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Features
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By Chris Olson
I attended the EPA Brownfield Conference in Portland,
Oregon. Over 4,000 people were in attendance, or roughly four times the
number who participated in the initial EPA brownfield …
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By Kelly Novak
In today’s world having accurate and current
information is like having the key to unlock the door to economic
opportunity. Understanding this concept, communities and tribes are
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By Scott Andrews, Erhardt Werth
For more than 25 years the remediation consulting and
contracting industry has been providing services using time-and-materials
contracting as a means to manage the risks associated with the …
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By Alan Bressler
Over the last three years, brownfield transactions
have, in many cases, evolved toward more-traditional real estate deals.
Except at the worst contaminated sites (particularly CERCLA NPL sites and …
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Point/Counterpoint
By Alison Evans, Sara Rasmussen
When the EPA’s Brownfields Program was in its early stages over a decade ago, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Corrective Action Program (RCRA program) was maturing. RCRA had come a long way, from a lengthy, detailed law to a …
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Point/Counterpoint
We asked a number of people who are knowledgeable
about brownfield redevelopment to provide their comments on the article
written by Allison Evans and Sue Rasmussen concerning Reuse …
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Regional Report
Chicago - News
Three graduate students from the University of Illinois at Chicago College of Urban Planning and Public Affairs thought that fast-growing bamboo might be a solution to soil contamination. Their work won encouragement when they took the top spot …
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Indiana - News
Indiana taxpayers remediating a brownfield site in the state may be eligible to receive financial assistance through the Voluntary Remediation Tax Credit (VRTC), a brownfield redevelopment tool administered by the Indiana Development Finance Authority (IDFA), in cooperation with …
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Kansas - Policy
Historically, federal funding for brownfield
redevelopment has been awarded to urban communities, despite the fact that
small and rural communities are eligible. To help develop …
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Michigan - News
Governor Jennifer M. Granholm announced changes in
Michigan’s brownfield redevelopment program. The Michigan Economic
Development Corporation (MEDC) will now administer all brownfield Single
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By Kris Wernstedt, Robert Hersh
Wisconsin - Redevelopment
It’s easy to take state-level brownfields
reform efforts for granted. Inside the Beltway and elsewhere, the
Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of …
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Michigan - News
Mich. Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm announced that the
Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) has granted brownfield tax
credits to assist three redevelopment projects in the city …
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By Bob Terry
Michigan - News
For nearly a decade, companies already doing business
in Michigan have been able to turn to the well-established body of
brownfield incentives. These incentives continue to …
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Iowa - News
The Iowa Department of Natural Resources has been
negotiating a memorandum of agreement (MOA) with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) regarding the Iowa Land Recycling …
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International News and Federal News
Canadian Brownfield Budget
The Canadian federal budget was presented to
Parliament in Ottawa on March 23rd and contained little of …
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The Jaundiced View
By Peter M. Gillon
On March 9, 2004, Rep. Michael Turner (R-Ohio) announced his plans to introduce legislation that would permit state development agencies to award federal tax credits of up to 50 percent of remediation and demolition costs at brownfield sites. If passed—and …
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Renewal Magazine
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With the Washington budget showing no signs of a quick-and-easy resolution, federal brownfields programs are unlikely to get much of …
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Brownfields and crop development—for the express intent of producing foods—are concepts that have always been strange bedfellows. Mutually exclusive. An…
At this abandoned, blighted factory—consisting of 187,227 square feet in 21 different structures on 13.5 acres in the three…
PROJECT GOAL: To revitalize land that had been sitting idle for years by putting the property back into productive…
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Industry Profiles
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Mike Purzycki New Castle
Executive Director, State of Delaware, Wilmington Riverfront Redevelop
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Renate Mengelberg Oregon City, OR
Economic development manager, Clackamas County Business and Economic Development
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Dawn E. Seeburger Elkview, West Va.
LRS, Principal, Environmental Resources & Consulting
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Brownfield Stateside Report
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by Staff Report
In Michigan, some are predicting a better business climate for redevelopment and regulatory closure of contaminated properties thanks to a bill Michigan Governor Rick Snyder was scheduled to sign last week. The new regulations should have a positive impact on commercial real estate development and brownfields redevelopment resulting in the creation of jobs. |
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Susan Boyle
Mt. Laurel
Senior Environmental Practice Leader, GEI Consultants
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