UNDERGROUND TANKS
EPA's Office of Underground Storage
Tanks (OUST) promotes the cleanup and
reuse of petroleum-contaminated
properties such as old abandoned gas
stations and industrial sites. As part of the
USTfields Initiative, fifty pilots were
awarded in 2000 and 2001 to assess,
clean up, and reuse high priority petroleum-
impacted Brownfields. Low-risk petroleum
sites now are eligible for assessment and
cleanup grant funding under the Brownfields
program.
www.epa.gov/swerust1/
FEDERAL FACILITIES
The Federal Facilities Restoration and
Reuse Office's (FFRRO) overall mission is
to facilitate faster, more effective, and less
costly cleanup and reuse of federal facili-
ties. By focusing on partnering and public
involvement, FFRRO, and its counterpart
offices in EPA regions, have made great
strides in improving federal facilities
cleanup.
www.epa.gov/swerffrr/
REUSE CONTACTS
RESTORING URBAN RIVERS
Eight urban rivers have been selected for
pilots as part of the initiative to demonstrate
the planning and implementation of urban
river cleanup and restoration. The pilots will
increase coordination and cooperation
between EPA and the US Army Corps of
Engineers with regards to remedial, water
quality, and environmental restoration activi-
ties. The Urban Rivers Restoration Initiative
is the result of a July 2002 memorandum of
understanding between EPA and the U.S.
Army to address water quality issues, eco-
nomic revitalization, and the public use and
enjoyment of urban rivers.
www.epa.gov/oswer/landrevitalization/
urbanrivers/
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5101T)
EPA 500-F-03-022
October 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
Region 1
Boston, MA
Region 2
New York. NY
Region 3
Philadelphia. PA
Region 4
Atlanta, GA
Region 5
Chicago, IL
Region 6
Dallas, TX
Region 7
Kansas City. KS
Region 8
Denver, CO
Region 9
San Francisco, CA
Region 10
Seattle. WA
EPA's Land
Revitalization Group
Superfund
RCRA
LUST
Brownfields
Technology Innovation
Office
Fed Facilities
Enforcement
One Cleanup Program
EPA Senior Advisor
for Reuse Programs
Matt Hoagland
617-918-1361
Dan Forger
212-637-4402
Tom Stolle
215-814-3129
Rosalind Brown
404-562-8633
James Vanderkloot
312-353-3161
Diana Hinds
214-665-7561
Kerry Herndon
913-551-7286
Wanda Taunton
303-312-7081
Jim Hanson
415-972-3188
Mike Shepherd
206-553-0702
Dottle Pipkin
703-603-9095
Christopher Prins
703-603-9231
Patricia Tidwell-Shelton
703-603-0055
Bonnie Casper
703-603-7152
John Harris
703-603-9075
Sara Rasmussen
703-308-8399
Steven McNeely
703-603-7164
Alison Evans
202-566-2744
Daniel Powell
703-603-7196
Sean Flynn
703-603-0080
Phil Page
202-564-4211
Kenneth Schefski
202-564-8213
Ellen Manges
202-566-0195
Stephen Luftig
703-603-9931
EPA's Land
Revitalization
Initiative
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LAND REVITALIZATION
INITIATIVE
More and more we are understanding
the importance of cleaning up contami-
nated properties for reuse by future
generations. In addition to protecting
health, reuse of these properties spurs
economic growth, provides land for
recreation, and preserves forests,
wetlands, and farmland.
The Environmental Protection Agency is
undertaking an important initiative to
revitalize communities by making reuse
an important part of all the Agency's
cleanup programs. The Land Revitaliza-
tion Initiative was launched to assist
EPA staff in working with federal, state,
local government, tribal, non-profit, and
private sector partners to help make the
reuse of once-contaminated property a
reality. Through the Land Revitalization
Agenda, EPA has identified over 60
actions being taken or under consider-
ation to facilitate reuse in cleaning up
contaminated properties. For example,
area-wide pilot projects are being
undertaken in each of EPA's ten Re-
gions to demonstrate cross-program
coordination in cleanup that revitalizes
our communities.
www.epa.gov/oswer/landrevitalization/
BROWN FIELDS
The Brownfields Program is designed to
empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment
to work together in a timely manner to
prevent, assess, safely clean up and
sustainably reuse brownfields. Under the
Brownfields Revitalization Act, EPA's
Brownfields program provides financial and
technical assistance for brownfields revital-
ization including grants for environmental
assessment, cleanup, and job training.
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
The creative use
of plants and
wetlands have
successfully
transformed a
landfill into
a wildlife
enhancement
area.
The Superfund Program has already
restored 60,000 acres of land to ecological
and recreational use.
Cleanups of underground storage tanks have
been initiated at more than 380,000 sites, of
which over 270,000 sites have been closed.
Through its research labs and other activities,
EPA participates in the development and
application of innovative technologies for the
characterization and treatment of contaminated
waste sites, soils, and groundwater.
4.5 acres of greenspace are saved for each
acre redeveloped.
Each $1.00 of public investment in Brownfields
returns $2.48 of private investment.
SUPERFUND
The Superfund Redevelopment Program is
EPA's coordinated national effort to facili-
tate the return of the country's most haz-
ardous waste sites to productive use by
implementing cleanup remedies that are
consistent with the reasonably anticipated
future land use. While EPA's primary
mission is to protect human health and the
environment, Superfund cleanups have
also been instrumental in returning
contaminated sites to productive use.
www.epa.gov/superfund/action/
redevelop/index.htm
SOLID WASTE
The Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) was enacted in 1976 to ad-
dress the safe management and disposal of
municipal and industrial waste. The RCRA
Brownfields Prevention Initiative helps
expedite cleanup at RCRA sites by focusing
on reuse possibilities and their benefits,
such as the creation of new jobs, busi-
nesses, and greenspace for communities.
www.epa.gov/swerosps/rcrabf/pilots
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The former Industri-Plex
Superfund site is now home to a
regional transportation center.
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