Aliquippa, Pa.
Speaking at a former steel mill that now is the site of a multi-million dollar wallboard plant, Texas Gov. George W. Bush announced a wide-ranging brownfield plan that is based on cleanup and remediation schemes in use in 35 states.
Bush criticized federal government’s handling of cleaning up brownfields in …
William T. McCormick Jr.
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of CMS Energy Corporation
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William McCormick has driven Michigan-based CMS Energy to new heights as an international energy company. We have selected him as our Person of the Month for his dedication …
Information is the blood
of any marketplace. Information lets traders and developers know how to
deal, how to act, and how to plan. The brownfield market is no
different from any market—information is what keeps the brownfield
market functioning.
That’s why it was distressing when …
DOD Awards
Since 1962 the Secretary of Defense has recognized outstanding accomplishments in managing the natural resources at defense sites. In addition, each of the armed services has award programs for environmental initiatives. 1994 saw the introduction of the environmental cleanup award, which recognizes installations that have made significant environmental restorations.
These awards have resulted in major changes in the way the services, and their contractors, treat environmental issues. Any kind …
For over one hundred and fifty years, American cities and towns lit their homes, factories and boulevards with manufactured gas. Replaced by natural gas, manufactured gas was phased out by the mid-twentieth century and American utility companies, municipalities and private property owners now face the …
In a story titled “An Attempt to Compile a Short
History of the Buffalo Chicken Wing,” Time magazine columnist and
author Calvin Trillin reports that the origin of Buffalo chicken
wings–fried chicken wings smothered in Frank’s RedHot brand
pepper sauce–was the Anchor Bar on Main St. in Buffalo.
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Illustrations by Charlie Smith
An article in the December 1999 issue of Brownfield News analyzed two new environmental insurance products, the cleanup cost cap and pollution liability policies, which have proven to be key factors in the success of some contaminated property transactions. The article explained that, to achieve this success, environmental insurance experts need to tailor the policy to the transaction and to the liability for which …
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Information pours into the offices of Brownfield News and we keep you on top of the latest trends, issues, and information in brownfield development.
EPA News
If you’d like a copy of the 1999 Brownfields National Partnership Agenda Accomplishments Report go to www.epa.gov/brownfields/99a.htm. The report is a very useful compendium of …
Greenfields, Brownfields, Timfields On July 1, 1999, the U.S. Senate confirmed President
Clinton’s nomination of Timothy Fields Jr. as the USEPA Assistant
Administrator for the Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER).
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Federal Resource Guide
While states and cities are in the forefront of brownfield development, the federal government has a large number of programs scattered through many agencies that deal with brownfield issues. As expected, the EPA´has taken the lead, but others, such as Housing and Urban Development, the Department of Defense and the Economic Development Administration also play important roles. Other agencies, such as the National …
For over a hundred years, the metal finishing industry has existed in America, quietly touching our lives without being noticed by the general public. The industry exist as a portal through …
The following projects illustrate the range and uniqueness of brownfield sites and remediation techniques and show how remediation is driven by economic and development factors. Regulatory standards protective of human health and the environment must be met in any cleanup activity, including brownfields. However, different approaches are being …
