Environmental Studies
Brownfields
Brownfields and Land Revitalization
http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/index.html
Brownfields are real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these properties takes development pressures off of undeveloped, open land, and both improves and protects the environment. On this site, you can find information about US EPA's Brownfields Program including the Brownfields Law, US EPA Brownfields Grants, technical tools and resources as well as information on brownfields projects across the county. Courtesy of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Brownfield Redevelopment Guidebook for Michigan
http://www.egr.msu.edu/brownfields/Redevelopment%20Guidebook/Appendix/Appendices/Appendices.htm
MSU publication, 2001.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Brownfield Sites, Regeneration and Conservation
http://www.brownfieldsnet.org/brownfield.html
Page provided by Advanced Waste Management. Other topics addressed include: Recycling, Glass Recycling, Anaerobic Digestion, Solid Waste, Hazardous Waste, Industrial Waste, Landfill, and Nuclear Waste Disposal.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Brownfields Center
http://www.cmu.edu/steinbrenner/brownfields/index.html
Welcome to the Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University (WPBC). The WPBC facilitates the redevelopment of brownfields in Western Pennsylvania by acting as a regional resource for communities and small businesses to eliminate barriers for redeveloping idle sites into productive uses. The WPBC’s work addresses the environmental, economic, land-use, and quality of life issues surrounding the revitalization of old industrial sites. The WPBC applies academic research and decision support tools to real-world problems facing public and private investors.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Great Lakes Commission
Sustainable Land Use
Brownfields Page
http://www.glc.org/bridges/brownfields.html/
The Great Lakes region, with its industrial heritage, has been at the national forefront in the development of policies and programs to promote land recycling. All eight Great Lakes states, Ontario and Quebec have programs to promote remediation or "cleanup" and redevelopment of their brownfield sites. Great Lakes states each have a voluntary cleanup or environmental response program that offers a range of risk-based, site specific background and health cleanup standards that are applied based on the specifics of the contaminated property. The states also offer some form of liability protection to non-responsible parties and financial incentives to promote brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. Often brownfield redevelopment requires a combination of environmental cleanup programs and business/economic development programs, which may involve a variety of agencies.
From this page additional links are provided to : Greenfields, Smart Growth, Planning, Publications, and Breaking News.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality
Land Redevelopment
http://www.michigan.gov/deq/0,1607,7-135-3311_4110---,00.html
Michigan provides this web page to pull together information on Michigan brownfield site locations, brownfield basics, state funded and managed cleanups, brownfield redevelopment authorities, and brownfield grants and loans. Unfortunately, DEQ just announced that its Clean Michigan bond money has been exhausted so any help from the state in dealing with brownfields will have to be reevaluated.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
Portland Oregon
Bureau of Environmental Services
Brownfield Program
http://www.portlandonline.com/bes/index.cfm?c=35008
An early leader in this area.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
United States Conference of Mayors
Recycling America's Land
Brownfields Web Page
http://www.usmayors.org/USCM/brownfields/
The United States Conference of Mayors defines the term "brownfield" as an abandoned or underutilized property where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by either real or perceived environmental contamination. This description applies to a wide variety of sites including, but not limited to, industrial properties, old gas stations, vacant warehouses, former dry cleaning establishments, abandoned residential buildings which potentially could contain lead paint or asbestos and under the new law, sites that contain petroleum products as well as and mine scarred land. Brownfields are located in almost every community in the United States.
(Last checked 02/25/08)
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