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Portfields is a federal inter agency partnership addressing brownfields in and around port
communities, with an emphasis on the development of environmentally sound port
facilities.
The Ports ofBeUingham, Washington, New Bedford, Massachusetts, and Tampa, Florida
are designated as Portfields Demonstration Pilot Ports.
Portfields, through increased federal, state, and local coordination, assists the Pilot Ports
in leveraging resources to revitalize waterfront areas, improve marine transportation, and
protect and restore critical habitat.
: Ninety-flvejpetcisntpf U.S. foteiga trade travels through our nation's ports, contributing
. $780 bilfidnt0;th«eeonom^:afltd employing 16million people, :
Maritime trade is expected to double in the n«xt 20 years.
» Many underutjlizEd brownfields are located in and around our nation's port communities.
* Brownfields redevelopment is a critical solution to the many challenges facing ports, and
can be a. catalyst for enhancing port capacity and infrastructure, and waterfront and
community re vitalization,
There is a need for better coordination among federal, state, and local agencies to leverage
resources and support port revitalization.
m the of Portftetfe?
Expedite the redevelopment of 0rt communities in a manner that enhances port
infrastructure, protects human health, protects and restores critical habitat, ensures
homeland security, and provides economic opportunity and a better quality of life for
community residents.
Focus and leverage the combined resources of federal, state, local, and private partners to
support redevelopment^nd revitalization efforts.
» Actively transfer best practices and lessons learned to other port communities.
Who are the Parfeierst ;
National Oceanic and AtmosphericAdministration
Environmental ProtectionAgency . .
Economic Development Administration .
Army Corps of Engineers
Maritime Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Depaitaaent of the interior
Department of Labor
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Te sustain and enhance eur nation's economy...
America's coasts and waterways play a vital role in our nation's economy and
high quality of life. The benefits that ports bring to the communities they seive
extend fer beyond the boundaries of the waterfront. Our ports serve as gateways
to domestic and international trade, connecting the U.S. to the global
marketplace. According to the American Association of Port Authorities, 95
percent of U.S. foreign trade travels through the nation's ports, contributing $780
billion annually to the national economy and employing 16 million people.
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Our coastal areas and associated waterways represent some of the nation's most
valuable environmental resources, providing habitat for almost one-half of the
nation's protected, threatened, and endangered species. The location of ports
within these rich and sensitive environments generates a variety of environmental
and human health challenges, such as contaminated sediments, habitat
degradation, storm water runoff, air quality, oil spills, and potential introductions
of non-native species. Environmental quality is essential for sustaining coastal
and marine ecosysitems, commercial and recreational fisheries, and the economic
vitality pjf:Dort communities, p:
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The capacity of many potts is strained by increased maritime trade and the
increasing size of cargo and cruise vessels. Maritime trade is expected to double
over the next 20 years. Ports must increase their capacity, deepen and maintain
channels, and enhance infrastructure to allow for the efficient movement of goods
from the water to highway, air, and rail.
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As gateways to the global marketplace, port communities play a key role in
homeland security. Ensuring the security of cargo, including more than seven
million containers moving through U.S. ports each year, is a considerable
challenge borne by ports. Ports also support the mobilization, deployment, and
supply of the U.S. military forces.
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ortfields is a federal interagency partnership addressing
brownfields in and around port communities, with an
emphasis on the development of environmentally sound
port facilities/Through the Brownfields Federal Partnership,
the Department of Commerce's National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is leading Portfiekte
Seven other federal agencies the Environmental
Protection Agency (ERA), the Department of Commerce's ;
Economic Development Administration (EDA), the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers (USAQE), the Department of
Transportation's Maritime Administration (MARAD), the ;
Department of Labor, the Department of ;^ii;|plejrjpr
ajid the Department of Housin and Urban
are committecl! to wo
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» Expedite the redevelopment of port communities in a
manner that enhances port infrastructure, protects
human health, protects and restores critical habitat,
ensures homeland security, and provides economy
opportunity and a better quality of life foEcbmmunity
residents. || ;«;
Focus and leverage the combined resources of federal,
state, local, and
redevelopment and revitalization efforts
Actively transfer best practices and lessons learned to
other port communities.
Port fields builds upon the successes of brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment efforts over the past
decade. Port communities face a number of unique
challenges that require strong partner ships at all levels
of government and the private sector. Portfields brings
together federal, state, and local agencies committed to
working together to redevelop ports, both
environmentally and economically. By applying a
collaborative, integrated approach, Portfields aims to
^coordinate and leverage resources, provide more
efficient delivery of seryices,and develop creative
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Washington
he Port of Bellingham is located on the northern edge of
;jPuget Sound between Seattle, Washington^ and Vancouver,
British Columbia, More than 1,500 acres comprise the Port,
including waterfront, commercial, and industrial areas, as
well as commercial airports. More than 200 companies
operate on port propertiesmajor industries; include
:;majinas,: induistriai manufacturing, s|iip:ibui:l^ing;anc| -repair,
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Central Waterfrvtti: The Port of Beiltngham is ;
working towards an agreement to acquire 137 acres; :
of waterfront property that previously operated as a: :1
pulp and paper mill. Through the y&terfroitf Futures \ : :
Group, the Port and the community are creating a new :
vision for their centraii waterfrbptt with a: goal of '£._
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Local Industry, th« ^Wte of Wfastiiiifpon,
Portfiettte partners |*pvided $^,000 for tj?a concephial
design; of the Squattcum Creek restoration and
NQAA provided $30>000 for a feaat)i!ity analysis for the
.Fusion fpst(tute,l>AA and th<8:fw of Belfrigliam are
state agendas, non-government organizations, the
Washington State Governor's Panel on Sustainabitity,
and local universHies, to devetop the conceptual vision
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i'rt-fc*-" **;*'&£&"** w^i&wK-u., : 3:: T06 Waterfront Futures Group, sponsored by the Fbrt of
--"-li^^^ffi|Ii BelHngham. completed a $500,000 project^ create a.
%Wm^^^^^^m^l^mKK new Vision and wuBl'Vear. ^oficjfi plan for re^ftaflzlng to?
j»i(f;^!':jj^^ ; dtys ^rfiront. Ttjejjlafl wittHe:ljpi the cornrnunrry ;
nabte d^veJop^eflt, conStittalion, ;edsc^ion,:::;::;f: respond to significant losses in heavy industry and ;
.4^areh,:|r|d:Sitewaf^y|^»;'T^I^tb^^j^|:^t^f; tl'; Increasing demandfor commeretal and recreational
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Massachusetts
he Port of New Bedford is located on Buzzards Bay in
southeastern Massachusetts. The city has a rich maritime
heritage, and served as the location for Herman Melville's
famous novel, Moby Dick, The city's strong seafaring legacy
continues today. Home to one of the largest active fishing
fleets on the east coast, the Port of New Bedford also
provides passenger ferry service and cruise ship docks, and
is a center for recreational boating on Buzzards Bay. The Port
of New Bedford is a state Designated Port Area, which
protects the industrial uses in the lower harbor. New Bedford
was also designated a Brownfields Showcase Community,
serving as a national model that demonstrates the benefits of
focusjfd, coidrdina"teia?lrttention on brownfields.
Through Portfields, New Bedford seeks to improve the overall
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use the resource, while facilitating economic revitaIization.
New Bedford and the Town of Fairhaven will focus on high-
' projects identified in the New Bedford/Fairhaven
Harbor Plan, :
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Navigational Dmdgiitg: New Bed|brd/Fairhaven
Harbor includes one of the most complex Superfund
sites in the country. Due to h|gh levels of
polychlorinatedbiphenyl (PCB) contamination in the
harbor, navigational dredging has not|;occurred in 30
years. Channels arc shoaled to levels rfjjjbveauthorized
depths, limiting the size of ships and vblume of cargo
thatenteis the harbor, negatively impacting ;&e local
economy. New Bedford:^! apply|a simplified
procedure mechanism known' as the s|ale enhanced
remedy under the Superfund cleanup program, to
streamline the dredging process by linking cleanup of
a Superfund site to navigational diedgi|g.
' Waterfront Brown fields Cleanup ami ^euse: Hicks
Logan is a 130-acre waterfront neighborhood that
includes many brownfields. New Bedford seeks to
revitalize Hicks Logan into a mixed-use area that will
create needed housing and job opportunities as well
as open space, waterfront acc|^p^}?|JK|e:C||ational.
boating Through a coll^oraU|^ppi|i||^p:bs and
the application of smart grSwjtS-:£rapiple's, New
Bedford plans to develop a 10-year re.vitaUzationp|an
for Hicks Lo gan. \ » is-
1 Public Access to ih« Water: TFhe Reliable Iil|S
property, a former lumberyard and truss manufacturing
center,contains lead-contaminated sM, Thecity'splan
includes cleaning up contamination, restoring habitat,
and turnipg t^: fifcejerty into a waterfront parkiThe
new paiil will pfoyi^e waterfront access to a ni&|%;;;
neighborhood that tip been without it for 30 yetSfc-"
New Bedfo1r%alsopiafls to improve the Giflford Striii
and Pease Street boat ramsli reslijhabitat at
Palmers Cove. :
The City of New Bedford received a $200,000
Brownfields Cteanup Grant from EPA in June £004 to
remove tead:contaminated soil at the ReliabteTruss
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fcrrecreaticinal projects in New SedforcJ to devetop
design plans for the park, and intends to seek New
Bedford Harbor National Resource Damage :
rector* fBfed.tW?iands,
Pfenning Hteks Logsn ft&v}iattzati0n
Deveiopmera; Council (?J|6EOC) to assist in the creation
of &: i 0*yeafy:^ftal}2alforj::p!sin for W iwsterf roflt HicKs
Logan neigriborhood, The City d New Bedford^ IMQAA,
and NBEDC are working closely with the Economic
Developmerrt :Admin(sttation to secure technicai
^sistanceiarrt Econorriic Adjustmeht Act funds,: The
partners are also working to secure EPA BrawnlieldS
and Smart Growth funding,
Tf)^ City of New Bedford r«cerved;$!5 million frqm the
Cpmmonw9?|lt}T of Mas$achusetf$ f or the CDristruction
of a confined aquatic dis)»8al(CAO)6!tewhen
dredged fnatenal is deposited in a trench and then
avigatfonal dredgJrig. A team that will
remedy
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Falrhaven, Massachus«^s Department of :
Envtronmental Protedion, Massachusetts Division of
Marine Rshef iesi Massachusetts Coastal Zone
Management, Efft, USAGE, and NOAA,
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Florida
bcated on Florida's Gulf Coast, Tampa is the gateway for
nearly half of all seaborne commerce in the state. Lying at
the northeast comer of Tampa Bay, an estuary of national
significance, the Port of Tampa strives to ensure that its
large-scale diversified enterprises operate safely and
responsibly within this fragile ecosystem. As one of the
largest tonnage ports in the U.S. and the largest in Florida,
the Port of Tampa annually handles 3,700 vessels arid up to
50 million tons of cargo with phosphate, petroleum, and coal
as the top three commodities. Tile Port accounts for j
108,000 jobs and $13 billion in spending with more than
11,000 trucks entering and exiting the Port daft1
also a major cruise ship homepprt, with more, #
passengers expected tojarrive and depart in £004?
TJNe Tampa Port Authority controls 2,500 acr^s
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Priority Srwnffelds- Redevelopment: Tampa will
facilitate environmentally responsible redevelopment
ajd revitalization of the Port's three State of Fiorida-
designated brownfields properties and cqjtinue to
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planning and design of stoimwatef improvements at the
Port. This project will involve development of a
Geographic Information System, which will coltect and
convert property boundary and topography data layers.
This will help the Port identify properties best suited for
installation of stormwater management improvements.
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Mary Baker ;
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John Simpson
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