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Partnering For A Greener Tomorrow
Track One:
Assessment and Ckanup
PURPOSE OF THE TRACK
The processes of site assessment and cleanup are changing more rapidly today
than ever before. Keep up with the most current tools, information systems,
techniques, and community-based risk management strategies. Learn from
experts in the brownfields arena about a host of topics, ranging from the latest
information on cutting-edge innovative technologies, such as phytoremediation
and soil vapor extraction, to the most recent updates of risk-based corrective
action policies.
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(1 A) Congratulations, You Just Got a PilotL.Now What?
Thursday, September 4,1997
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Description: Getting your brownfields program off to a strong start is important. Learn how to find technical
assistance from federal and state agencies and how to build on the success of your pilot. These "how-to's" also
will cover community involvement and issues related to sustainability and the environment.
Location: Room 1205
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Robert C. Bobb (Moderator)
Mr. Michael W. Freimuth
Ms. Wendy S. Saunders
Mr. William C. Trumbull
City of Richmond, Virginia
City of Bridgeport, Connecticut
City of Sacramento, California
City of Chicago, Illinois
MR. ROBERT C. BOBB
Robert C. Bobb earned his bachelor's degree in political science from Grambling State University, and received a
master's degree from Western Michigan State University. He also was a Joyce Foundation Fellow at Harvard
University's John F. Kennedy School of Government (State and Local Programs) and recently served as a member
of the Executive Alumni Council for the Kennedy School.
His contributions to urban government policy and management are particularly noteworthy. He has served as the
city manager of three major urban cities: Kalamazoo, Michigan; Santa Ana, California; and presently, Richmond,
Virginia. In each locality he distinguished himself in the areas of public finance, economic development and public
safety. For his contributions to the profession in these areas, he has been a three-time recipient of highly coveted
innovation awards from the International City Management Association, along with other honors.
In September 1993, Mr. Bobb was named by City & State, a newspaper for state and local government officials, as
the Most Valuable Public Official among professional managers in local government in the nation. In November
1995, Mr. Bobb was elected a fellow of the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA). NAPA is a private,
non-profit corporation chartered by the Congress of the United States to improve governance at all levels - federal,
state and local. Academy fellows are elected by their peers who include Cabinet members, governors, members of
Congress, mayors and prominent business executives who have served in government, professional government
managers, and scholars specializing in public affairs and administration.
He is a frequent speaker/lecturer on issues of the urban environment and was selected as a member of the U.S.
delegation to China in 1990 to examine urban problems in that country.
MR. MICHAEL W. FREIMUTH
As director of Planning and Economic Development for Connecticut's largest city, Michael Freimuth has been
managing the redevelopment of industrial and commercial property throughout Bridgeport for 12 years. Critical to
the re-use of the sites is their environmental condition, an issue identified by the City/State Governmental
Restructuring Task Force in 1989. Bridgeport received one of U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) first
three brownfields grants and has since been successful in securing additional funds from the State of Connecticut to
clean sites identified as critical to the city's renewal.
Mr. Freimuth has a master's degree in public finance and a bachelor's degree in economics and has developed real
estate as a banker, real estate developer and city official since 1979. He also served as a congressional assistant
drafting urban legislation and has served on several municipal and state environmental policy committees and task
forces.
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Ms. WENDY S. SAUNDERS
Ms. Saunders currently serves as Senior Management Analyst for the Sacramento City Manager. As a consultant to
the City of Sacramento, Ms. Saunders assisted in the development of a series of mechanisms to facilitate
redevelopment of Southern Pacific's Sacramento Railyard, a state Superfund site, including a Memorandum of
Understanding with the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) Department of Toxic Substances
Control .regarding post-remediation responsibilities during the course of redevelopment.
Based upon issues drawn from the Southern Pacific experience, Ms. Saunders wrote the City of Sacramento's
successful Brownfields Pilot Project application, and is responsible for its implementation.
Prior to work related to hazardous materials issues, Ms. Saunders served at the City of Sacramento's redevelopment
agency as project manager for several catalyst downtown Sacramento redevelopment projects, including the $100
million downtown plaza renovation and the $40 million central library.
Ms. Saunders holds a master's degree from the University of California at Davis's Graduate School of Management.
MR. WILLIAM C. TRUMBULL
Bill Trumbuli is the Assistant Commissioner in the Chicago Department of Environment responsible for the city's
Brownfields Initiative. Prior to working for the city, he was a regulatory issues manager in the Environmental, Health
and Safety Department of Amoco Corporation, focusing on petroleum transportation issues. A highlight of this effort
was working with the U.S. Coast Guard to implement regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to protect our
shores from catastrophic oil spills. He began a career in the petroleum industry as an exploration geologist
searching for oil and gas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Trumbuli has a Bachelor of Science degree in geological
sciences from Bradley University, and a Master of Science degree in marine sciences from the University of North
Carolina.
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1 A: CONGRATULATIONS, YOU JUST GOT A PILOTL.NOW WHAT?
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Michael W. Freimuth
Director
Planning & Economic Development
CITY OF BRIDGEPORT
CONNECTICUT
BROWNFIELDS ECONOMIC REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT
EPA Pilot Program
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has funded several two-year demonstration pilot
programs, at $200,000 each, for the redevelopment of abandoned industrial lands. As one of the
first three pilots, the City of Bridgeport's program will promote safe and appropriate redevelopment
of "brownfields" by pulling together diverse individuals and groups and assembling a database of
critical environmental and economic information. Through a cooperative effort, this project will
demonstrate that it is possible to return contaminated urban industrial properties properties that had
been written off as wasteland to productive uses that serve the community and not detract from it.
Bridgeport Brownfields Issues
Bridgeport is Connecticut's largest city, with a current population of 141,686, half of which are
minority. The City has a long and distinguished heritage as a manufacturing center. Many
businesses have left Bridgeport for the greener field found in the suburbs. Several hundred acres of
formerly, prime industrial land lie derelict and abandoned today due to the presence of a variety of
environmental contaminants. Federal and state environmental regulatory hurdles have created the
impression that there are insurmountable obstacles to cleaning up and redeveloping contaminated
sites. With a major portion of the City's 2,2000 acres of industrial-zoned land contaminated to
some degree, the City acknowledged the need for a cooperative, public-private strategy to reclaim
derelict sites in Bridgeport, providing local jobs and enhancing the local economy.
While Bridgeport has felt the downturn in the economy more than most communities and currently
deals with double-digit unemployment rates, it has many assets that will form the foundation for its
resurgence. The City has excellent access to New York City, Boston and all points throughout the
northeast by land, air, rail, and sea (it has one of three ports in the State). Combining these assets
with its highly trained workforce, Bridgeport only lacks developable land to complete the package.
The history of the City, and the future, resides in these properties as they await reclamation. The
City will focus its efforts on three targeted areas of the city. These three areas were chosen because
of the high concentration of industrial activity. These areas are also bordered by highly
concentrated residential communities.
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CLEAN Task Force
The City of Bridgeport assemble a community oversight committee to establish a strategic approach
to the Brownfields dilemma. The oversight committee, the CLEAN (Community Linkage for
Environmental Action Now) Task Force, is composed of representatives of affected neighborhoods,
government officials, potential investors, educators, and business leaders. The Task Force will
serve as a sounding board and informational resource for the consulting team that has been hired to
establish an inventory of contaminated properties, collect environmental and economic data for the
sites, and create redevelopment strategies for the selected pilot sites.
Scope of Work to be Performed bv Consulting Team
The City entered into a contract with a multi-disciplinary consulting team which is headed by Roy
F. Weston, a nationally known environmental management, engineering, and consulting firm with a
local office in Rocky Hill, Connecticut. West is joined with TPA Design Group, a planning and
development consultant located in New Haven, and Asset Management Solutions, a Bridgeport-
based real estate development and marketing consultant. The mix of skills provided by the
consulting team is important to achieve the goals of the Brownfields program.
The scope of services to be performed by the consulting team are as follows:
1. Identify properties to be evaluated
Using City/State databases and advice from the City and CLEAN Task Force, the consulting
team has developed a comprehensive list of properties (250 estimated) to be evaluated.
2. Create an interactive database using planning, environmental, and economic information
Windows/GIS based database management system will be developed to input and store the
planning, environmental, and economic data that is collected. Menu screens will be
developed for easy input and reading of the data for each property. The database will be
continuously updated and readily available to all users.
3. Develop criteria and obtain initial screening information
Information and criteria will be identified to be used to screen the properties and determine
those with the greatest redevelopment potential.
4. Screen properties to develop a list of 25 sites with most redevelopment potential
5. Obtain detailed information on short list of properties
Among the information to be gathered for the short list of properties are: estimates of
building rehab, remediation, demolition, and rehabilitation cost.
6. Present detailed information on short list to CLEAN Task Force and City and finalize the
selection of 2-6 sites.
7. Develop property remediation and redevelopment strategy and plans
Estimated costs of environmental remediation, rehabilitation and/or demolition will be
developed and potential funding sources will be identified. Selective Phase II sampling will
be performed at the properties as well.
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Investor's Forum
As a means of enhancing the marketing potential of the database, the City intends to convene a
series of Investor Forums, the purpose of which is to present and promote the research findings to
potential investors and real estate interests within the local market and the TRI-state region. The
City expects that the gathered information will demystify the negative perceptions of Bridgeport and
inner-city development. At the time of the Investor Forums, the City hopes to be able to present
case studies which demonstrate that site cleanup and reuse projects can make good economic sense,
and the profitable, environmentally responsible uses can be achieved.
Lessons Learned
Although still in its infancy, the City of Bridgeport's Brownfields pilot project has demonstrated
lessons that will help yield expanded benefit to the program. Among these lessons are:
• Maintain a local focus:
Locally-driven strategies tailored to community needs are essential for successful
implementation of Brownfields program.
• Address issues comprehensively:
To invite additional players to participate in the program, consider and plan for related
concerns, such as environmental technology job training, environmental awareness programs
in the schools, recreation and park space development on derelict sites.
• Pursue Other Federal Assistance:
Additional sources of potential funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD), Economic Development Administration (EDA), National Park Service
(NFS), among other departments, could be pursued to address the full range of brownfields
issues.
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RECYCLING LAND FOR CHICAGO'S FUTURE
CITY OF CHCAGO- RICHARD M. DALEY- MAYOR
Presenter:
William C. Trumbull
Assistant Commissioner
Chicago Department of Environment
Prepared for: Brownfields '97
9/3-5/97
For more information about the Chicago Brownfields Initiative, please call the Chicago
Brownfields Information Line at 312.744.8900.
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Chicago Brownfields Initiative Fact Sheet
DEFINITION & PURPOSE
The Chicago Brownfields Initiative links environmental cleanup and economic development.
Brownfields are abandoned industrial properties where real or suspected contamination
hinders redevelopment.
The City acquires, cleans up and prepares sites for redevelopment to create new jobs and
tax revenues in the City's industrial areas. The Initiative encourages private sector
development by improving and streamlining government regulations.
KEY DATES
1992: Mayor Richard M. Daley forms an interdepartmental task force on brownfields
strategies. Daley proposes tax incentives for brownfields cleanup.
1994: Mayor Daley allocates $2 million for a pilot site program. City selects five sites.
1995: The City and the MacArthur Foundation sponsor Brownfields Forum, bringing 150
businesspeople, regulators, and activists together to discuss impediments to development.
Forum develops sixty five recommendations for eliminating brownfields barriers.
1995: Scott Peterson Meats acquires a pilot site the City remediated. The company
invested $5.2 million in its existing plant, hiring 100 new workers.
1996: Brownfields legislation creates the Illinois Site Remediation Program. "Risk based"
cleanup objectives, take into account both contamination and future use of a site. City
policies now support the program as institutional controls on land and groundwater usage.
1996: HUD announces $54 million loan guarantee to City for brownfields cleanup.
1997: Chicago chooses four sites for the new funding. These are more complex sites with
greater redevelopment potential. Some require assembling large parcels of land.
1997: In the first federal-local project of its kind, Chicago begins administering a
Supplemental Environmental Project on behalf of the US EPA and Department of Justice.
POLICY INITIATIVES
Tax Incentives: Chicago supports federal tax incentive proposals. Cook County and the
state of Illinois now offer a property tax incentive for cleanup.
State Policy: A new bill authorizes Illinois cities to cleanup abandoned and unsafe property
and place a lien on the property for cleanup costs. The same bill allows courts to discount
the fair market value of condemned property for the cost of cleanup. Illinois- now offers a
grant program to municipalities for site investigation and cleanup plans.
National Policy: With the US Conference of Mayors and the National Association of Local
Government Environmental Professionals, Chicago's experience is influencing the federal
outlook on brownfields.
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Chicago Brownfields Initiative Policy Update
May 1997: The Chicago Brownfields Initiative recently has advanced several brownfields policy
initiatives. These measures will improve both public and private brownfields redevelopment by
streamlining regulations and testing new practices.
MUNICIPAL ENVIRONMENTAL LIEN
A new bill authorizes Illinois cities to test and clean up hazardous conditions on unsafe
and abandoned properties (tax delinquent at least 2 years) and to place a lien on the
property for costs incurred. This builds on existing authority for unsafe buildings,
recognizing that environmental hazards can present a serious danger to public health
and safety and that cities need a tool for intervening in such cases.
FAIR MARKET VALUE
An amendment to the state's condemnation statute provides that environmental
conditions can be considered in determining fair market value for eminent domain
proceedings. Otherwise taxpayers could pay an inflated price for a condemned property
and then pay again for its cleanup.
STREAMLINED SITE CLEANUPS
A new City ordinance assists property owners who clean up sites under the Illinois Site
Remediation Program. The ordinance prohibits the installation of potable wells in the
City. Groundwater "drinkability" is not an issue for most of Chicago, since the City's
water comes from Lake Michigan. The Illinois EPA views the City's ordinance as an
"institutional control" on persons being exposed to contaminants through groundwater.
-With this pathway eliminated, state-determined cleanup standards are based on
potential exposure through the soil. Cleanup standards fully protect human health and
the environment.
POLICY DEVELOPMENT GRANT
The US EPA has awarded the City $41,000 for two policy projects. First is an evaluation
of the Chicago Brownfields Forum, a participatory problem-solving model that has been
replicated by many communities. The Brownfields Forum made over 60
recommendations addressing the barriers to brownfields redevelopment. This project
will evaluate progress on these activities and reconvene the Forum to share the results
and plan the next steps.
The second project is enhancing community participation processes for several
brownfields on Chicago's west side. The challenge is to introduce a "brownfields
overlay" to existing processes, communicating environmental information and
addressing economic development opportunities. Clean Sites will conduct research and
outreach in developing and implementing community participation plans. The plans will
be site-specific, but will yield a framework for future projects in Chicago and will
contribute to the range of approaches being used in communities around the United
States.
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Chicago Brownfieids Funding Ail Sources
HUD SECTION 108 LOAN GUARANTEE
$54 million for site environmental investigation, acquisition, cleanup, and
redevelopment.
• Four large redevelopment areas currently are being cleaned up and redeveloped
as urban industrial parks (see fact sheet).
SUPPLEMENTAL ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECT (SEPI
• Chicago is administering a $950,000 SEP as part of a consent decree between
Sherwin Williams Company, the US Environmental Protection Agency and the
Department of Justice.
This is the first intergovernmental arrangement to administer a SEP
• The funds will be used for site investigation, demolition, and cleanup on a portion
of the West Pullman Industrial Park.
U.S. ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PARTNERSHIP
• Chicago and the US Army Corps of Engineers are partners in the Corps'
Planning Assistance to States Program.
The $150,000 project (a 50/50 match) first funded a database search to identify
potential brownfields opportunities. Several of the sites identified are in the
Roosevelt & California redevelopment area. The Corps is now conducting a
subsurface investigation on those sites.
U.S. EPA REGIONAL PILOT GRANT
In May 1997, the City of Chicago was awarded $41,000 as a US EPA Regional
Pilot (Region V).
• The City will evaluate progress on some 65 recommendations made by the
Chicago Brownfields Forum in 1995. Following the evaluation, Forum
participants will be invited to reconvene, take stock of their accomplishments and
plan for the future.
• A second project will develop and implement community participation plans for
brownfield sites on the City's west side.
ILLINOIS / INDIANA SEAGRANT
This $40,000 grant is to study opportunities to link brownfields cleanup and
redevelopment with wetlands restoration in the Lake Calumet area of southeast
Chicago.
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Chicago Brownfields Funding HUD Section 108
SECTION IDS LOAN GUARANTEE
Chicago's Site Redevelopment Program budget is $54 million, the largest city
brownfields program in the United States.
• The funding is a Section 108 loan guarantee from the US Department of Housing
and Urban Development (HUD). Section 108 lets the city leverage its
Community Development Block Grant to finance near-term, high-impact projects.
• Funds, to be spent over three years, can be used for all site activities —
investigation, cleanup, acquisition, and marketing for redevelopment. This
flexibility is important since Chicago is taking on sites that are environmentally
complex and that require assembling large blocks of land for higher
redevelopment potential.
SITES
The City now is working on the following sites with HUD Section 108 funds. $20 million
is earmarked for the West Pullman Industrial Park. $30 million will be used for other
sites. These will be chosen by criteria which include confirmed or suspected
contamination, marketability and potential for job creation, and financial feasibility.
• West Pullman industrial Park: 130 acres on the City's south side. The City is
working with former owners to get some parcels cleaned up. Other parcels will be
assembled and cleaned up by the City.
• Roosevelt & California: 70-acres on the west side. Currently zoned for mixed uses,
the City plans an industrial park here.
• Kinzie Corridor: A one-mile strip of brownfields in a large industrial planning area.
• Roosevelt & Kostner: 17-acres. Criminal fly-dumping has long impeded
redevelopment.
The sources of repayment are: tax increment financing (TIP) proceeds, the resale value
of clean sites, cost recovery from the parties responsible for contamination, and interest
earned on the loan drawdown prior to payout. The loan payback period is thirteen
years for the $20 million loan and nine years for the $30 million loan.
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IHE SOURCE FOR THE DISTRESSED PROPERTY MARKET
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F E B a U 4 R V / M J R C H 9?
ISSUE 1
FEATURES
BDC—Market Maker 5
BYEUSAKRONISH
Focus on Chicago 15
The second city takes the lead in the brownfield
program
BYKELLEEVANKEDREN
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Chicago brownfield directory 16
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Illinois state laws dealing with the transfer of
environmentally impaired property — 16
DEPARTMENTS
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Socioeconomics
Brownfield perspectives
BYDONCOURSEY
Real Estate 13
1997 national industrial market forecast
BY ROBERT BACH
Finance 20
Rnancial institution considerations for the
private sector
BY EVAN C. HENRY AND RANDY A. DULLER
Legal 23
Legal Legacy-To move forward on brownfields,
governments need to freshen stale environmental
laws
BYPHILCOMELLA
Insurance 26
Redeveloping-Environmental insurance helps in
property redevelopment
BY JANET D.UOYLAN
BROWFIELD BITS
Industry Watch.
EPA Pilot Project
Helpful Products
Find It On the Web
Doing More Diligence 9
Why "Phase II" it when you can "Pre-Phase II" it?
Hot Properties 31
Back Page 32
YOU DO THE DEAL
Fax Back Survey 32
Appraisal
Intermediaries influence buyer behavior-
environmentally impaired property
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THE SECOND CITY IS FIRST IN BROWNFIELDS
byKellee Van Keuren
hen it comes to brownfields, Chicago has 20/80 vision.
- :'We used to go by an 80/20 rule, seeing brownfields as
||jf 80 percent an environmental problem and 20 percent an
economic problem," says Ken Kastman, who works out
of Woodward-Clyde Consultants' Chicago office to manage the com-
pany's National Brownfields Network. "Now we've learned the
reverse is true—the problems are 80 percent economic and 20 per-
cent environmental."
Kastman's view is not unique to
(.Ihi-.'.is'.o's private sector. City officials
h • • -: -. similar lesson over the
p.! .v.-. says Henry L
HuiKl.jr.-.un, commissioner of Chicago's
Department of Environment.
"Brownfields are complex real estate
transactions, rather than environmen-
tal quagmires," Henderson says.
"There are complicated ownership
Issues, complicated tax delinquency
Issues and marketing difficulties."
With this shift in vision, city
officials are dreaming big. They talk of
"•-in which everyone with
'^•'ds-.vill have the ulti-
""^ r-< :. reviialization in
-when an employee in the
building department will think
beyond -it's my job to tear down this
building," and when new highways are
planned based on the construction's
impact on brownfields. A time when
contaminated industrial properties can
be quickly remediated for easily iden-
tifiable end users.
But moving from lofty talk to reality
is not easy, and the stakes are high. In
October 1996, the federal Department
of Housing and
Urcan Development
(HUD) approved a
S50 million loan
guarantee for the
Chicago Brownfields
Redevelopment
Program, to be
expended over a
RichardM. Daley, three-year period.
Mayor of Chicago The success of the
program will likely ride on cooperation
between government agencies, private
companies, nonprofit organizations
and community groups—essentially
everyone with a hand in the
brownfield process.
The game plan
The city's strategy is to acquire, clean up
and redevelop sites where contamina-
tion or ownership issues are too com-
plex to warrant investment by the pri-
vate sector, although not so contaminat-
ed as to be considered environmental
disasters.
"We take into consideration job
creation and revitalization of a commu-
nity," Henderson says. "We are responsi-
ble for looking at that, while the private
sector is charged with looking at the
dollar value. If we break even on our
investment, but create 100 new jobs,
that's a huge return."
Using these criteria, city officials
have selected four sites for redevelop-
ment, one of which is a 140-acre area in
the south part of Chicago known as
Victory Heights/Maple Park. The city
allocated S20 million of the HUD loan
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to this area because of its size and the
difficult planning issues it presents.
A major part of the battle will be
gaining control of the property, says John
Kuhns, assistant commissioner for indus-
trial development in the Commercial
and Industrial Division of the Depart-
ment of Planning and Development.
Within the 140 acres, there are more
than 120 parcels of land, each with an
individual property index number. The
city has obtained a few of the parcels
through demolition lien foreclosures, but
will have to contend for the others piece
by piece. In addition to foreclosures, the
city's current mechanisms for securing
; control of property are condemnation
through eminent domain and no-cash
| bids for tax deeds on tax delinquent
properties, a process that takes about 18
months.
Another key task for the city will be
to find buyers for the properties once
they have been obtained and remediat-
ed. The city considers the sites to be
investments that must pay for them-
selves within the terms of the loan guar-
antee—and city officials are wagering
their future Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds that the
investments will pay off. In other words,
the city's future CDBG—money-which
HUD provides for projects that benefit
low and moderate income people—is
serving as collateral for the loan.
This arrangement was secured under
HUD's Section 108 loan guarantee pro-
gram, which allows cities to borrow
against future CDBG funds to undertake
large-scale projects. The sources of repay-
ment for both the principal and interest
on the S50 million loan are the resale
value of clean sites, tax increment
financing (TIP) proceeds, interest earned
on the loan drawdown prior to payout
and cost recovery from the parties
responsible for contamination. The loan
payback period is 13 years for the S20
million loan and nine years for the S30
million loan, which is to be spent on the
four remaining sites.
"We're a test case," says Bill
Trumbull, assistant commissioner for the
Chicago Department of Environment
"The funding is far beyond the scope of
what's been done in the past." At first,
the city had only asked HUD for 54 mil-
lion to operate its brownfield program.
But after a revaluation, they upped the
sum to S50 million.
"If you start a pro-
ject on the scale of
130 to 160 acres, you
need to have the
money to complete
it," says Jim Van der
Kloot, brownfields
manager for the
Region 5 office of the
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency
(EPA). Van der Kloot
spent three years on
loan to the city to
help develop its pilot brownfield pro-
gram.
"The city budget office looked at the
scale of projects we were investigating
and decided to go for it," he says. And
what convinced HUD to go for it too?
Jim Van der Kloot,
EPA Region 5,
brownfields
manager
A chronology of Illinois state laws
RESPONSIBLE PROPERTY TRANSFER ACT
(Pubic Act 85-1228, effective Nov. 1,1
- The purpose of the law is ID ensure that parties involved in certain real estate transac-
tions are made aware of the easting environmental Babities associated with ownership
of-such properties, as well as the past use and environmental status of such properties."
The law establishes a mechanism and procedures for notifying buyers of the environmen-
tal conditions of properties.
jisaiwith the transfer of environmentally iicna
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PUBLIC ACT 88-438 (effective Aug. 20,1993)
- Provides certain defenses from environmental fabfity for owners of real property. In
the case of an individual owner, there is no liability unless the owner caused, con-
tributed to or allowed the release or threatened release of a hazardous substance or pes-
ticide . The law also allows purchasers of real estate to establish a rebuttabie presump-
tion against state claims and a conclusive presumption against private claims for a
release of a hazardous substance on the property if specified enviroranental audits have
been completed and recorded prior to acquisition.
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The city plans to grow the program beyond sites that
have a demonstrated end user
A brownfield site located in the Victory
Heights/Maple Park area.
The city's past performance with
brownfield redevelopment, Van der
Kloot contends.
Building on the Past
In 1993, Chicago launched an interde-
partmental effort to redevelop
brownfields, involving personnel from
the departments of Environment,
Planning and Development, Law,
Buildings, and the Mayor's Office.
Armed with a $2 million budget—
raised through general obligation
bonds—the brownfields team selected
five pilot sites. It anticipated the
money would finance environmental
testing on all five properties and reme-
diation of two. Instead, the team was
able to clean up all five for about $1.3
million, spending the remaining
$700,000 on several other targeted
sites. End users have been identified
for two of the five original sites, while
the other three are either in negotia-
tions or being marketed for future use.
To date, the program has created more
than 100 new jobs and generated SI .4
million in annual property tax rev-
enues, Henderson says.
By exceeding its goals and coming
in under budget, the pilot program is a
success story by nearly any measure.
The question is whether it paints a real-
istic picture of what can be done with
brownfields in the future. The city care-
fully selected each pilot site, choosing
properties with a low likelihood of
extreme contamination and with a like-
ly end user—either because adjacent
industries were interested in the prop-
erty or because the location made it
attractive to buyers. One of the sites
was relatively clean, requiring only a
Phase I environmental site assessment.
Another had only minor contamination.
Each of the sites was either abandoned
or city owned, allowing the city to
avoid sticky property control issues.
"We had to focus on quick kills, so
we could have some successes and
attract a bigger budget," Van der Kloot
explains. "In an environmental situa-
tion, you can go through $2 million
very quickly. We had to choose pro-
jects we could handle with that
amount of money."
But as the city knows, not all
brownfield transactions are quite so tidy.
"We have to grow the program beyond
sites that have a demonstrated end
user," Henderson says. Without ignor-
ing market forces—which will steer the
city clear of any Superfund-style
cleanups and properties with no indus-
trial value—its challenge is to take on
sites whose redevelopment is hindered
by more complex marketing, planning,
real estate and financing issues.
Rallying the troops
To their credit, city officials seem to
recognize that cooperation will be a
make-it-or-break-
it factor in reach-
ing their goals.
And again, they
point to past suc-
cesses as indica-
tion that they're
up to the chal-
lenge. First there
was the interde-
partmental effort
Henry Henderson,
commissioner of
Chicago's
Department of
Environment
that produced
the pilot pro-
gram. While the
Department of Environment is still the
only one with a dedicated brownfield
division, the program gave other key
personnel throughout the city a chance
to tackle brownfield issues, preparing
them for future run-ins with contami-
nated industrial properties.
The pilot program also fostered
some cooperation between city, state
and federal agencies. The U.S. EPA
Region 5 office lent Van der Kloot to
the city for three years, along with two
other people for six months each.
Salaries were split between the two
offices. The personnel loans facilitated
unprecedented communication
between city and federal officials, Van
der Kloot says. "When I arrived, there
was not a lot of contact between the
Nation Agency Division of Legal Counsel aiu
PUBLIC ACT 89-431 (effective Dec.15,1995)
- The purpose is to establish "the procedures for the investigative and remedial
activities at sites where there is a release, threatened release, or suspected release
of hazardous substances, pesticides, or petroleum and for the review and approval of
those activities." The tew also sets forth objectives to be used for site remediation,
including establishing a risk-based system based on protection of the environment
and future uses of the land and expedited alternatives for review of site remediation,
including a privatized review process.
Currently pending TACO regulations submitted to the Illinois
Pollution Control Board:
TACO (Tiered Approach to Cleanup Objectives)
-These regulations would implement one of the key objectives of Public Act 8 W31: to set
forth praaoures to evaluate human heato
ty. They include an option for exclusion of pathways torn father owirJeration; use of area
background concentrations as remediation objectrves;ard three tiers for selecting appfca-
Me remedation objectives. Tier 1 uses standard tables; tier 2 has equations and tier 3 is a
nJ-Uown risk assessment
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two," he says. "But over time, a lot of
expertise and creative ideas were
shared. I was often on the phone a
couple times a day with U.S. EPA peo-
ple, just knocking ideas around."
Over the three years, the regional
EPA office also spent $10 million of
emergency response funds to remove
contamination in the city that posed
an immediate health threat On the
state level, the Illinois EPA adminis-
tered a voluntary cleanup program
that the city used to remediate its con-
taminated pilot sites. Illinois EPA
officials also served as a resource for
the city's site investigations.
And attempts at cooperation have
not been limited to government agen-
cies. Another prong of the pilot pro-
gram was the Brownfields Forum, a
group of more than 100 representatives
from both the public and private sector
who recommended 63 ways to chisel
away the barriers to brownfield redevel-
opment in Chicago. These suggestions
were consolidated into nine categories
of action steps, each to be carried for-
ward by a specific project team.
Sponsored by The John D. and
Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, a
nonprofit grant-making institution, the
Forum cost about $250,000, says
Rebecca Riley, the foundation's vice
president of civic affairs.
The practical results of the Forum
are tough to measure. Some recom-
mendations—such as creating a pub-
licly available brownfields database—
have been abandoned because they
were either not feasible or not neces-
sary. For some ideas that have been
implemented, it's not clear how instru-
mental the Forum was in the process.
But it did succeed in assembling an
impressive array of experts for a dia-
logue on brownfields over the course
of nine months. Participants included
bankers, lawyers, environmental con-
sultants, nonprofit organizations, real
estate specialists, government officials
and academics. There's some talk
about the possibility of a reunion, at
which they could review their progress
on the recommendations, but no con-
crete plans have been made.
Supplying demand
Cooperation and cleanup will be two
essential components of a successful
brownfield program, but the ultimate
test will be the city's ability to put the
properties back into use. "The crux of
the issue is that you have to have a
demand," says Jan Sheinson, environ-
Brownfields Forum
Recommendation Categories
1. Improving communications
2. Strengthening nonprofit capacity
3. Building city government capacity
4. Streamlining regulations
5. Encouraging private-sector investment
6. Improving public financing
7. Involving communities
8. Preventing pollution
9. Influencing regional planning
mental risk manager for American
National Bank & Trust Co. and partici-
pant in the city's Brownfields Forum.
"There has to be a reason a company
wants to stay in the city." But identifying
why companies don't want to stay is
tough, and addressing those concerns is
even tougher. Property remains undevel-
oped because of transportation concerns,
lack of community growth, poverty, tax
issues and a myriad of other reasons.
Because the dry's older-style industrial
development doesn't suit the needs of
some companies, they look to the sub-
urbs for expansion.
"In Chicago, properties were devel-
oped more like the 1800s industrial
model: smaller properties where modern
users need larger properties," says Kuhns
of the Department of Planning and
Development "Even in the 1960s, peo-
ple wanted five- to six-story warehouses.
No one wants that anymore. Now peo-
ple want single-story warehouses with
high ceilings and plenty of loading
docks. Instead of access to water, they
want access to freeways. The challenge
is to find a way to make these properties
usable for modern industry."
In response to that demand, the city
plans to focus its efforts on the parts of
the city such as the Victory Heights/
Maple Park area where it can assemble
large chunks of property, Kuhns says.
Also, through the Brownfields Forum,
the city has enlisted the help of several
organizations that are seeking to
influence transportation and regional
planning based on its effect on
brownfields.
Nonprofit organizations are also get-
ting into the game of finding end users
for clean sites. The Chicago Association
of Neighborhood Development Organ-
izations (CANDO), an umbrella group
for about 80 community organizations,
conducts real estate market analyses on
properties to determine which sites
have the best market potential. Then
they follow up with Phase I and Phase II
site assessments on the most promising
properties.
After they've created a portfolio of
clean sites, they will approach possible
buyers. "It's a community driven
process, so we ask, 'What does the
neighborhood need?'" says Rob May,
associate director of industrial develop-
ment for CANDO.
"Then we start to identify potential
end users." The Forum also fostered a
team of lawyers and lenders who sought
to assist the financial side of the process,
making brownfields more feasible for
buyers. They developed a model lending
package for banks that lack their own
environmental experts. The package
includes a checklist to help banks assess
whether site investigations and remedia-
tions have been adequately conducted
and recorded. Similar programs exist in
Connecticut, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana
and Minnesota.
"This is to keep smaller banks from
being scared off by contamination," says
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James O'Brien, a partner at Chapman
and Cutler who helped prepare the
package. "It's for financing the corner
gas station as opposed to large industrial
projects." Some lenders see a danger if
banks rely too heavily on the package.
"It tries to simplify a complicated
process," Sheinson says. "It's good if
you only look at it as a guideline, but
you have to know when to ask for assis-
tance." But O'Brien says that the design
; 'lie package eliminates this danger.
••/art of the package is that in order to
qualify, properties have to participate in
the Illinois EPA cleanup program," he
says. "The expertise is being supplied
by the state agency. If developers can
hoodwink the state EPA, then they
could hoodwink the technical experts
at the bank."
Creating carrots
Battles are also being fought on the leg-
is!; : .'3 front to make brownfields more
at*_ .:uve to buyers and developers.
Most proposals deal with the buyers'
bottom line—reducing the cost of rede-
veloping brownfields to offset the lower
wage costs and other monetary attrac-
tions of greenfields.
On the county level, officials have
proposed a tax incentive for buyers who
clean up contaminated properties
through the Illinois EPA's voluntary
cleanup program. The incentive reduces
a property's assessment level from 36
perc'f :o 16 percent of market value
for up ,j three years during remediation
and development, with up to two one-
year extensions possible. For a site to
qualify, it has to have been abandoned
for at least two years and remediation
costs must exceed $100,000 or 25 per-
cent of the property's market value at the
time of acquisition. Chicago Mayor
Richard M. Daley's administration says it
knows of at least 300 sites that could
benefit from the tax break.
Tax incentive legislation is pending
on the state level as well. The bill, pro-
posed by Daley, offers a 25 percent tax
credit against the state's personal income
tax, corporate income tax and personal
property replacement tax. Available to
participants in the Illinois voluntary
cleanup program who are not legally
liable for their cleanup, the credit can be
extended up to $25,000 over four years.
Senator Carol Moseley-Braun (D-I11.)
has also introduced federal tax legislation
aimed at spurring brownfield develop-
ment. The proposal would allow redevel-
opers to deduct the costs of cleanup in
the same year the money is spent, rather
than over a period of years. Moseley-
Braun is optimistic that the legislation
will be accepted by the Senate. "It com-
bines environmental cleanup, urban
redevelopment and tax relief for busi-
nesses," she says. "That puts together a
broad constituency for this bill."
The tax incentive proposals can't
hurt, but developers and lenders may
hesitate to take advantage of them until
some of the liability issues surrounding
contaminated sites are solved. The state
has taken some steps to addressing this
problem by passing the nation's first pro-
portionate-share liability law, in which
parties are responsible only for the conta-
Former Chicago motor-coach barn was discov-
ered to be an illegal disposal site containing
general and hazardous waste.
mination they have caused. The bill
replaces the usual strict "joint and sever-
al" liability, in which owners and
secured creditors could be held liable for
all cleanup costs, regardless of their con-
tribution to the contamination.
The Illinois EPA is also helping ease
developers' worries: The agency has
established a memorandum of under-
standing with the U.S. EPA saying that if
the state considers a property clean, so
does the federal government. City
officials hope to negotiate a similar
agreement that extends to local regula-
tors as well, says Trumbull of the
Department of Environment. But fears
persist. Many companies are waiting for
the federal Superfund law to be rewrit-
ten, eliminating joint and several liability
altogether.
Moving forward
In the meantime, the city is looking for
ways to ease developers' anxieties. The
Department of Environment is working
to initiate a dialogue between the U.S.
EPA and CEOs of local corporations con-
cerning brownfields. Local organizations
are planning community outreach
events to educate the public about
brownfields. City officials recognize that
public support is vital, as the city moves
from a $2 million pilot program to a $50
million ongoing brownfields effort
"It's an aggressive transition,"
Trumbull says. "It remains to be seen
how fast the changes can take place.
There's nothing particularly innovative
about the particular pieces of the pro-
gram, but pulling the pieces together
will be quite a feat." Regardless of
how quickly city officials can make the
transition, the attempt alone indicates
that Chicago is on the nation's front
line when it comes to tackling
brownfield issues.
"The city is leading the way in many
regards," says Kastman of Woodward-
Clyde Consultants. "Its enthusiasm to
move things forward has placed it years
ahead of most of the country."
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(1B) Tools for Innovative Assessment and Cleanup
Wednesday, Septembers, 1997
3:45 p.m.-5:15 p.m.
Description: Ensure the job is done right, within budget and on schedule! Experts will talk about the effective
use of innovative technologies, such as high-resolution seismic reflection; airborne penetrating radar; sonic
drilling; phytoextraction of lead in soil; soil vapor extraction (SVE); composting; land farming; and the innovative
use of conventional technologies.
Location: Room 221OB
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Michael L Hurd (Moderator)
Mr. David Dunham
Dr. William Librizzi
Ms. Monica Smith
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
Central Massachusetts Economic Development Authority
New Jersey Institute of Technology
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
MR. MICHAEL L. HURD
Mr. Hurd is a chemist with the Office of Emergency and Remedial Response (OERR) (Superfund), U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). He received a Bachelor of Science in marine science from the University of
Long Island at Southampton, and a Master of Science in chemical oceanography from the University of New
Hampshire. Mr. Hurd serves as a Regional Coordinator for EPA Region 1 and provides assistance to the remedial
project managers involved in Superfund hazardous waste cleanup operations. He is currently developing a
guidance document entitled "Quality Assurance Requirements for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments." Mr.
Hurd has worked for the EPA for the last 10 years.
MR. DAVID DUNHAM
David J. Dunham, AICP, is the environmental director for the Central Massachusetts Economic Development
Authority (CMEDA). Mr. Dunham has managed the environmental work at several brownfields sites in the
Worcester, Massachusetts and central Massachusetts area. Mr. Dunham's most notable achievement is the
cleanup of the Medical City site in downtown Worcester, which has been acclaimed as a national model for
brownfields redevelopment. Mr. Dunham is presently working on the Route 146 Relocation Project and the
Fisherville Mill site in Grafton, Massachusetts (an historic Blackstone Valley mill). Mr. Dunham is a part-time
graduate professor in public administration at Clark University in Worcester, a commissioner on the Blackstone River
Valley National Heritage Corridor, and is a candidate for licensed site professional under Massachusetts hazardous
materials regulations.
DR. WILLIAM LIBRIZZI
As director of the Technology Applications and Community Assistance for Center Environmental Engineering and
Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dr. Librizzi is responsible for the design, development and
administration of the Training and Technology Transfer Program including the demonstration of innovative
characterization and treatment technologies for brownfields as well as education for urban/environmental justice
communities. Dr. Librizzi is also actively involved in projects related to brownfields including the preparation of a
brownfields guidance manual, development of a redevelopment decision model, chair of the Advisory Council for
City of Trenton Brownfields pilot project and participant in the Newark Brownfields pilot.
Dr. Librizzi has over 22 years experience at the federal and state level in a variety of government activities including
research, enforcement, field activities, toxic substances and hazardous waste. He has served as director of the
Superfund program for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions 2 and 6 and as deputy assistant
commissioner of the Hazardous Waste Program in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. He
also served as director of technical services for a large remediation company.
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Ms. MONICA SMITH
Monica Smith is currently a brownfields project manager for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Region 6 in Dallas. She has been working in the Brownfields Program since the winter of 1995. Prior to working in
the Brownfields Program, she was a remedial project manager in the Superfund Program. As a remedial project
manager from 1989 to 1995, Monica oversaw the cleanup of hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List.
She earned her Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering from Texas A&M University in 1987.
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(1C) Cleaning Up for Reuse: The Best Remediation Options
Thursday, September 4,1997
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Description: Land reuse is a crucial element that must be considered throughout the life cycle of a brownfields
pilot. Panelists will explore the issue of "how clean is clean," given different reuse scenarios, and discuss the
influence of zoning, master plans, and local ecology on land reuse decisions.
Location: Room1203B
Speakers and Affiliation:
Ms. Joan Colson (Moderator)
Mr. Richard Gimello
Dr. William Librizzi
Mr. Alan Mallach
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development
State of New Jersey, Department of the Environment
New Jersey Institute of Technology
City of Trenton, New Jersey
Ms. JOAN COLSON
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. RICHARD GIMELLO
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
DR. WILLIAM LIBRIZZI
As director of the Technology Applications and Community Assistance for Center Environmental Engineering and
Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology, Dr. Librizzi is responsible for the design, development and
administration of the Training and Technology Transfer Program including the demonstration of innovative
characterization and treatment technologies for brownfields as well as education for urban/environmental justice
communities. Dr. Librizzi is also actively involved in projects related to brownfields including the preparation of a
brownfields guidance manual, development of a redevelopment decision model, chair of the Advisory Council for
City of Trenton Brownfields pilot project and participant in the Newark Brownfields pilot.
Dr. Librizzi has over 22 years experience at the federal and state level in a variety of government activities including
research, enforcement, field activities, toxic substances and hazardous waste. He has served as director of the
Superfund program for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Regions 2 and 6 and as deputy assistant
commissioner of the Hazardous Waste Program in the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. He
also served as director of technical services for a large remediation company.
MR. ALAN MALLACH
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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(1D) Clean and Green: Ecosystem Enhancement at Brownfields Pilots
Friday, Septembers, 1997
10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Description: Green spaces provide health and ecological benefits and enhance the marketability of property.
Panelists will discuss the benefits of including green spaces in your brownfields pilots to achieve improved quality
of life, economic enhancement, and reduction in crime. Cost-effective tools for restoring green spaces also will
be discussed.
Location: Room 2202
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. James Waddell (Moderator)
Mr. Timothy E. Hayes
Dr. L. Jean O'Neil
Mr. David Vieau
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Joint Industrial Development Authority of North Hampton
County, Virginia
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources, Inc.
MR. JAMES WADDELL
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. TIMOTHY E. HAYES
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
DR. L. JEAN O'NEIL
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. DAVID VIEAU
Mr. Vieau is president of Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources, Inc. in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His
experience includes both the geotechnical and environmental fields, having managed a wide variety of projects
involving design and construction of foundations and infrastructure, landfills, and wastewater ponds, as well as
remediation of contaminated sites under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability
Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Mr. Vieau is a national instructor of the
America! Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) standards for environmental site assessment, and consults
extensively in the areas of environmental due diligence and voluntary cleanup in connection with brownfields
redevelopment. Mr. Vieau is printiple-in-charge of the "PEER/Bridal Veil Collaborative" and is project manager for
the alternative Urban Areawide Review of the Southeast Minneapolis Industrial Area, discussed at Brownfields '97.
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1D: CLEAN AND GREEN: ECOSYSTEM ENHANCEMENT AT
BROWNFIELDS PILOTS
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ABSTRACT - BROWNFIELDS '97
Environmental Planning for Urban Ecosystem Rejuvenation
Owner
Minneapolis Community Development Agency
105 5* Avenue South
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55401
Mr. Jim Forayth (612) 673-5179
Presenter
David D. Vtaau
Peer Environmental & Engineering Resources. Inc.
7710 Computer Avenue, Suite 101
Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435
(612)631-3341
A comprehensive environmental study is being undertaken which will in part determine the feasibility of
reestablishing a water-based natural corridor through a major industrial "brownffelds* area of Minneapolis.
The corridor would unify transportation, environmental habitat, recreational and social land use functions
with a green infrastructure incorporating a sophisticated overland storm water management system.
The project follows completion of a Master Plan for redevelopment of the Southeast Minneapolis Industrial
Area (SEMI), 300-plus acres of older industrial lands and rafl yards. Originally a vast wetland supporting
Bridal Veil Creek, the intervening 100 years of infilling and industrial development have resulted in
obliteration of original natural features, and many polluted sites. The SEMI area actually straddles the
Minneapofis/St Paul boundary and is surrounded by four neighborhoods and the campus of the University
of Minnesota. The Master Plan calls for the creation of a major new industrial area that creates living-
wage jobs, greatly enhances the tax base, is compatible with nearby neighborhoods and reestablishes key
elements of the natural ecosystem.
The study, called an Alternative Urban Areawxte Review (AUAR), is charged with assessing
environmental impacts from implementation of the Master Plan, including transportation/traffic analysis,
urban design and historical evaluations, and stormwater management and hydrology. Included in the
study are plans to construct a wetland-pond complex, for which a special grant from the Minnesota Board
of Water and Sofl Resources has been awarded. Key to the analyses are how impacts from the numerous
polluted sites known to exist within SEMI win bear on new development and particularly stormwater
quality.
The AUAR environmental review process is unique in its focus on various development scenarios framed
by the Master Plan, from which key parameters for specific developments and mitigation measures will be
established. It invites public participation throughout the process, and enables the City to integrate
ecosystem enhancements with long term development plans and objectives.
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(1E) Building a Winning Team: Brownfields Redevelopment
Thursday, September 4, 1997
8:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Description: Building high-performance technology teams of diverse stakeholders - as well as fostering creative
and cooperative work environments - is essential for efficient and effective restoration of brownfields. Leaders
will share experiences in building consensus to support effective assessment and cleanup efforts.
Location: Room 1201
Speakers and Affiliation:
Dr. C. Mark Dunning (Moderator)
Mr. John M. Mullins
Mr. Adrien Pilon
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Human
Resources and Organizational Services
National Research Council of Canada
DR. C. MARK DUNNING
C. Mark Dunning is chief of the U.S. Army Engineer Institute for Water Resources' Program Analysis Division. His
principle responsibilities include conducting and managing research and policy analyses on issues affecting the
effectiveness of the execution of U.S. Army Corps of Engineers missions.
Dr. Dunning is a recognized expert in the area of applying cooperative problem-solving processes to resolve critical
policy issues. He designed the workshop processes for the highly successful Army Senior Environmental
Leadership Conferences I, III-V; was co-chair of the Defense Performance Review, Environmental Security
Committee, Partnering Study Group and principal author of the study group report; and has designed and
implemented conflict management processes for managing noise conflicts around military installations in the United
States and Europe. For the past two years, Dr. Dunning has managed the development and implementation of
results-oriented performance measures for the Army's Civil Works program. He has co-edited a book on
collaborative planning; authored a manual on collaborative problem-solving for use by Army installations; and has
managed the development of handbooks on public involvement and stakeholder involvement for the Army
environmental community.
In addition to his professional interests within the Army, Dr. Dunning has taught graduate courses in conflict
management programs at George Mason University and the University of Maryland. He is on the Board of Directors
of the Northern Virginia Mediation Service, a community mediation service, and is also a certified mediator
experienced in family and business mediation.
He received his doctorate degree in sociology from Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri.
MR. JOHN M. MULUNS
John M. Mullins has over 18 years of experience in organizational development, total quality and human resources
management at the federal and local governmental levels. He has indepth experience in leading executive level
teams, conducting inter-governmental reengineering efforts involving business and public interest groups and
participating in government wide benchmarking activities. Recent accomplishments at the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) include: principal author of the Customer Service Plan to the President, design team
leader on the reinvention of the Office of Human Resources and Organizational Services, senior advisor to the
reinvention team on Permits Improvement and team leader for Team EPA.
Mr. Mullins has an undergraduate degree from the University of San Diego and a master's degree in public
administration from San Diego State University.
MR. ADRIEN PILON
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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PANEL 1E: BUILDING A WINNING TEAM: BROWNFIELDS REDEVELOPMENT
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Team EPA Presentation
Social/Technical dimensions to empowered
teams
• Team definition
• Team types
• Social demension
• Technical demension
• Critical success factors for
virtual teams
• • Access to information
• • People
• • Technology
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Team Definition
"An interdependent collection of Individuals
who share responsibility for specific
organizational outcomes"
...In addition, members of highly
effective teams exhibit
• Complementary skills
• Commitment to:
• • A common purpose
• • Performance goals
• • A common approach
• • Mutual support
• • Mutual accountability
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Team Types
Functional
* Common goals
• Common work processes
• High task interdependence
* High outcome interdependence
* Functional orientation
Cross Functional
• Common goals
• Low task interdependence
* Seamless face to the customer
• Interdisiplinary orientation
Team EPA Presentation
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Team Types
Functional
• Common goals
• Common work processes
• High task interdependence
• High outcome interdependence
• Functional orientation
Cross Functional
• Common goals
• Low task interdependence
• Seamless face to the customer
• Interdisiplinary orientation
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"Self managed knowledge work team with
distributed expertise that forms and
disbands to address organizational goals."
'The Virtual Team"A.L Kristof, K.G. Brown,
H.R Sims Jr.,andKJ\. Smith
Characterized by:
• Common goals
* Low task interdependence
* High outcome interdependence
* Fluidity of leadership
• Geographically dispersed
• Technology dependent
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Social Dimension of
Empowered Teams
"Learning to work together"
Communications
Ground rules
Team stages of development
Member roles
Culture
Decision making
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Technical Dimension to
Empowered Teams
Quality Improvement Process
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Problem Solving
Methodology
Fade Cycle
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Critical Success Factors
for Virtual Teams
• • Access to information
ET Common data sources
osr Productivity quality
oar Sharing and reflection
builds trust and keeps team on track
• • People
w Functionally competent
or Highly skilled in interpersonal group
processes
BT Highly skilled in technical group processes
ogr Proficient in the use of virtual team based
technology
enhances self management
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Critical Success Factors
for Virtual Teams (cont.)
Technology
Highly dependent
Increasing complexity
Woric
Higher need for clear performance goals
Higher need for work process measures
Clear understanding decision processes
Defined work boundaries
Accountability
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Summary of
Experienced Teams
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Social/Technical dimensions to empowered
teams
• Team definition
• Team types
• Social demension
• Technical demension
• Critical success factors for
virtual teams
• • Access to information
• • People
•• Technology
•• Wortc
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Team Definition
"An interdependent collection of individuals
who share responsibility tor specific
organizational outcomes"
...in addition, members of highly
effective teams exhibit
• Complementary skills
• Commitment to:
• • A common purpose
• • Performance goals
• • A common approach
• • Mutual support
• • Mutual accountability
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Team Types
Functional
• Common goals
• Common work
High task interdependence
High outcome interdependence
Functional orientation
Cross Functional
• Common goals
• Low task interdependence
• Seamless lace to the customer
• Interdisiplinaiy orientation
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"Sett managed knowledge work team with
distributed expertise that forms and
disbands to address organizational goals."
'The Virtual Team" AL Kristof, K.G. Brown,
H.R Sims Jr., and KJL Smith
Characterized by:
* Common goals
* Low task interdependence
* High outcome interdependence
• Fluidity of leadership
• Geographically dispersed
• Technology dependent
Team EPA Presentation
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Social Dimension of
Empowered Teams
"Learning to work together"
• Communications
• Ground rules
• Team stages of development
• Member roles
• Culture
• Decision making
Team EPA Presentation
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Technical Dimension to
Empowered Teams
Quality Improvement Process
Doing
Right
Things
Doing
Things
Right
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Problem Solving
Methodology
Fade Cycle
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Critical Success Factors
for Virtual Teams
• Access to information
Common data sources
Productivity quality
or Sharing and reflection
builds trust and keeps team on track
• People
Functionally competent
or Highly skilled in interpersonal group
processes
or Highly skilled in technical group processes
ET Proficient in the use of virtual team based
technology
enhances self management
Team EPA Presentation
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Critical Success Factors
for Virtual Teams (cont.)
Technology
tar Highly dependent
var Increasing complexity
Work
Higher need for clear performance goals
Higher need for work process measures
car dear understanding decision processes
isr Defined work boundaries
Accountability
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Summary of
Experienced Teams
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(1F) Transferring Federal Technology Resources to Brownfields
Thursday, September 4,1997
10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Description: Technology demonstrations, staff exchanges, and direct technical assistance are three ways in
which the federal government can help local brownfields communities. Additional federal technology resources
are available, and this panel will help you learn how to tap them.
Location: Room 2218
Speakers and Affiliation:
Ms. Rebekah J. Buckles (Moderator)
Mr. Edwin F. Barth
Dr. Joyce A. Nagle
Mr. Daniel M. Powell
Institute of Environmental Solutions
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development
U.S. Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering
Laboratory
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
Ms. REBEKAH J. BUCKLES
Rebekah J. Buckles is the founder and president of the Institute of Environmental Solutions (IES). Established in
1991, IES was created to facilitate the productive recycling and sustainable reuse of rural, urban, federal, state, and
local contaminated land. IES has gained recognition as a pioneer in the development and implementation of "life
cycle systems approaches," which span the entire course of a land reuse project, from site identification, through
project initiation, cleanup, closure, and the re-establishment of productive reuse. IES' initial land reuse program, the
Cooperative Solution, was fostered through the continued involvement of a 35 member guidance committee that
included regulatory, technical, legislative, legal, insurance, bankers, developers and re-developers, etc. For the next
three years, this guidance committee, through a consensus process, built IES1 Cooperative Solution Program (CSP)
into a state model that gained recognition in Washington, D.C. The CSP formed one of the first interdependent life
cycle systems approach for land reuse.
Predicated upon this systems approach, in 1994, Ms. Buckles successfully proposed and was awarded a five year
cooperative agreement (FY94-FY99). This cooperative agreement was established through the U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE), Office of Science and Technology. Day-to-day management has been provided through the DOE
Oakland Operations Office. In 1994, LandTech was adopted as the program's name, with a mission to identify and
deploy appropriate innovative approaches, resources and best available technology (BAT) in the cleanup of
brownfields sites. In 1995, a new guidance committee was formed to address the need for a management system
that could provide stakeholders a "roadmap" that would guide them through the complexities of "life cycle"
brownfields reuse. The guidance committee selected the descriptive name of Integrated Management for
Brownfields Reuse (IMBR). In 1995, the LandTech and IMBR teams merged and began the development of a
worldwide web site that provides users identification of and access to the range of diverse resources, guidance, and
tools that are needed throughout brownfields site cleanup. The LandTech/IMBR site will go online in September
1997.
MR. EDWIN F. BARTH
Mr. Barth is an environmental engineer with the Site Management Support Branch of the Land Remediation and
Pollution Control Division, National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development,
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in Cincinnati, Ohio. Mr. Barth has provided technical assistance on
remediation technologies for over 100 Superfund, Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Corrective
Action, federal facility, state, and private party sites and has served as an expert witness on several Superfund site
litigation cases. Mr. Barth has an undergraduate degree from Miami University and a master's degree in
environmental engineering from the University of Notre Dame.
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DR. JOYCE A. NAGLE
As the manager of the Office of Research and Technology Applications at the U.S. Army Cold Regions Research
and Engineering Laboratory (CRREL), Hanover, New Hampshire, Dr. Joyce A. Nagle is responsible for fostering and
supporting the transfer of technology developed at the laboratory to non-federal users. She assesses technologies
with potential commercial application, develops technology transfer agreements with state and local governments
and the private sector, and negotiates patent license agreements.
Dr. Nagle is a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote
Sensing, the Association of the U.S. Army, and Sigma XL She has 22 technical publications to her credit. She is
currently the chair of a working group on technology transfer metrics for the Department of Defense Technology
Transfer Integration Team and serves on the Federal Laboratory Consortium's Committee for State and Local
Governments.
Dr. Nagle received her Bachelor of Science with Honors in botany from the University of Michigan (1978); her
master's degree in water resources and environmental engineering from the University of Michigan (1982); and her
doctorate in engineering sciences from Dartmouth College (1987). She is a graduate of the Office of Personnel
Management's FY94 Women's Executive Leadership Program and is currently enrolled in the Army Management
Staff College's Non-Residential Program.
Dr. Nagle was bom August 2,1954.
months) in Hanover, NH.
MR. DANIEL M. POWELL
She and her husband, Chuck, live with their three children (under the age of 30
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1F: TRANSFERRING FEDERAL TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES TO
BROWNFIELDS
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EPA
Supertund/RCRA/Brownfields
Engineering Support Activities
June 1996
SITE MANAGEMENT SUPPORT BRANCH
LAND REMEDIATION AND POLLUTION
CONTROL DIVISION
NATIONAL RISK MANAGEMENT RESEARCH
LABORATORY (NRMRL)
U.S.EPA, CINCINNATI, OHIO
Providing support to REGIONAL SUPERFUND and
RCRA CORRECTIVE ACTION program offices, as
well as StateBrownsfields programs (in cooperation
with Region).
*ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
CENTER (SUPERFUND AND RCRA)
'SUPERFUND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
RESPONSE TEAM (START)
*TREATABILITY STUDY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM (TSAP)
••TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
ASSISTANCE REQUESTS:
EdBarth (513)569-7669
SUPERFUND/RCRA ENGINEERING
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
EPA's National Risk Management Research
Laboratory (NRMRL) offers four engineering
technical assistance programs:
'""""Engineering Technical Support Center
****Treatability Study Assistance Program
****Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team
****Technology Transfer Program
The Engineering Technical Support Center (ETSC),
Treatability Study Assistance Program (TSAP) and
the Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team
(START), all handle site-specific remediation
engineering problems for RPMs. The ETSC also
provides site-specific assistance to the Regions' RCRA
Corrective Action programs. The Technology
Transfer Program is intended to enhance the RPMs
knowledge of treatment technologies through
documents and data bases.
NRMRL offers expertise in contaminant source
control structures; materials handling and
decontamination; treatment of soils, sludges, and
sediments; and treatment of aqueous and organic
liquids. The following are examples of the technical
assistance that can be obtained through NRMRL:
* Screening of treatment alternatives
* Review of RI/FS treatability studies workplans
and final reports
* Conduct and oversight of treatability studies
* Assistance with studies of innovative technologies
* Assistance in full-scale design and start-up
ENGINEERING TECHNICAL SUPPORT
CENTER
The Engineering Technical Support Center supplies
quick-response technical assistance to Remedial
Project Managers, on focused, site-specific
problems on Superfund and RCRA sites. Support is
provided through the use of technology teams from
NRMRL. The following is a list of the technology
teams:
For Soils
1. Thermal Combustion
2. Solidification/Stabilization
3. Biotreatment
4. Chemical Treatment
5. Extraction/Separation
6. Materials Handing
For Aqueous
7. All Ex-Situ Aqueous Technologies
For Mining
8. All Muling
SUPERFUND TECHNICAL
ASSISTANCE RESPONSE TEAM
The Superfund Technical Assistance Response Team
(START) will provide technical support on
Superfund site remediation from the point of initial
site evaluation through post-ROD design phases of
remedial actions. START provides a long-term
commitment of ORD engineering expertise as part
of the technical assistance team for remediation of a
particular site. Sites to receive START assistance
are identified by Regional management.
BARTH.ED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV
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TREATABILITY STUDY ASSISTANCE
PROGRAM
The Treatability Study Assistance Program consults
on and conducts treatability studies for Regional
Remedial Project Managers. TSAP's Remedial
Screening Level Treatability Study Laboratory (on-
line late FY94) provides preliminary assessment of
technologies for remediation. The technology-specific
protocols can be customized to specific site needs.
These studies are conducted directly through ORD
contracts, which are closely monitored by EPA
Project Officers. Workplans and conclusions are
reviewed by ORD employees, many of which are also
conducting state-of-the-art research in their particular
specialty. Consequently an independent non-biased
atmosphere is maintained. TSAP also conducts
document reviews, pre-screening indicator tests,
remedy selection and remedy design treatability
studies.
Guides for Conducting Treatability Studies
Under CERCLA:
- Aerobic Biodegradation Remedy Screening
- Soil Vapor Extraction
- Soil Washing
- Chemical Dehalogenation
- Guide for Conducting Treatability Studies
Under CERCLA (Update)
- Solvent Extraction
- Thermal Desorption
- Biodegradation Remedy Selection
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER PROGRAM
The Technology Transfer Program offers the
following types of technology support:
Bulletins:
- Solvent Extraction Treatment
- Mobile/Transportable Incineration
Treatment
- Chemical Dehalogenation Treatment:
APEG Treatment
- Slurry Biodegradation
- Soil Washing Treatment
- In-Situ Steam Extraction
- In-Situ Soil Vapor Extraction Treatment
- In-Situ Soil Rushing
- Air Stripping of Aqueous Solutions
- Control of Air Emissions from Materials
Handling During Remediation
- Granular Activated Carbon Treatment
- Chemical Oxidation Treatment
- Supercritical Water Oxidation
- Rotating Biological Contactors
- Slurry Walls
- Technology Preselection Data Requirements
- Pyrolysis Treatment
- Selection of Control Technologies for Lead
Battery Recycling Sites
- Design Consideration for Ambient Air
Monitoring at Superfund Sites
- Air Pathways Analysis
- Landfill Covers
- Solidification/Stabilization of
Organics and Inorganics
- Thermal Desorption II
- In-Situ Biodegradation
- Solvent Extraction
- In Situ Vitrification Treatment
Issue Papers:
- Issues Affecting the Applicability and
Success of Remedial/Removal Incineration
Projects
- Treatment of Lead-Contaminated Soils
- Technology Alternatives for Remediation of
PCB Contaminated Soils
Selected Site Remediation Documents:
- Construction Quality Management for
Remedial Action and Remedial Design
Waste Containment Systems
- Selection of Control Technologies for
Remediation of Lead Battery Recycling Sites
- Contaminants and Remedial Options at
Wood Preserving Sites
- Considerations for Evaluating the Impact of
Metals Partitioning During the Incineration
of Contaminated Soils from Superfund Sites
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(1G) Promises Kept: The Importance of Land Use Control
Friday, September 5,1997
8:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
Description: Institutional controls ensure that the decisions communities make about land use are enforced. The
need for such controls and the role federal, state, and local governments play in imposing and maintaining them
will be a focal point of this discussion.
Location: Room 2218
Speakers and Affiliation:
Ms. Elizabeth M. Osenbaugh (Moderator)
Mr. Gary P. King
Mr. John A. Pendergrass
Mr. Roger D. Schwenke
Mr. George B. Wyeth
State of Iowa, Office of the Attorney General
State of Illinois, Environmental Protection Agency
Environmental Law Institute
Carlton Fields
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of General
Counsel
Ms. ELIZABETH M. OSENBAUGH
Elizabeth Osenbaugh (or "Bess") is Solicitor General of Iowa. She helped draft an amendment to strengthen
institutional controls in S.F. 528, the new Iowa "brownfields" or voluntary clean-up legislation, by creating a statutory
environmental protection easement to enforce land use restrictions included in a voluntary clean-up agreement.
From February 1994 to July 1996, Ms. Osenbaugh was counselor for State and Local Environmental Affairs in the
United States Department of Justice Environmental and Natural Resources Division. She served as the Justice
Department representative on the Defense Environmental Response Task Force, a congressionally chartered
commission that reviewed environmental clean-up at closed military bases. The Task Force examined institutional
controls to restrict future land use.
MR. GARY P. KING
Mr. King works for the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in its Bureau of Land. He is the senior
manager for the Illinois EPA site cleanup programs: the voluntary cleanup program, the federal and state Superfund
cleanup programs, the Department of Defense (DoD) cleanup program and the Leaking Underground Storage Tank
(LUST) program. Mr. King began the development of the Illinois EPA's Brownfields Initiative in 1993 and has
overseen the creation of one of the best programs in the country. He has been the state's team leader for numerous
legislative and regulatory initiatives, including the state's recently adopted risk based cleanup objectives program -
TACO, or "Tiered Approach to Corrective Action Objectives." He has been a frequent speaker on brownfields topics
on behalf of the Illinois program.
MR. JOHN A. PENDERGRASS
Mr. Pendergrass joined the Environmental Law Institute (ELI) as a Senior Attorney in July of 1988. He is Director of
ELI's Center for State, Local and Regional Environmental Programs. He has conducted numerous studies of state
environmental programs and has written extensively about state programs and the state-federal relationship. His
research and writing has covered a variety of topics, including land use, Superfund, state hazardous substance
cleanup programs, brownfields and institutional controls. Mr. Pendergrass was a member of the Study Committee
on Hazardous Wastes in Highway Rights-of-Way of the National Research Council. He received his Juris Doctorate
from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and a Bachelor of Science in environmental science from
Michigan State University.
MR. ROGER D. SCHWENKE
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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MR. GEORGE B. WYETH
Mr. Wyeth is an attorney in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of General Counsel, where he has
worked on hazardous waste and cleanup matters under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) since 1989.
He chairs EPA's workgroup on institutional controls, and provides legal counseling on institutional controls to the
Superfund and RCRA corrective action programs. He received a Bachelor of Arts from Lawrence University, a
master's degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Juris Doctorate from Yale Law School.
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1G: PROMISES KEPT: THE IMPORTANCE OF LAND USE CONTROL
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Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency
Bureau of Land
2200 Churchill Road
Springfield. IL 62794
Fcbniar/1997
Tiered Approach to Corrective Action
Objectives (TACO)
Fact Sheet 4: Institutional Controls
What are institutional controls?
Institutional controls are legal mechanisms for
imposing restrictions and conditions on land use.
These restrictions and conditions are contained in an
Illinois EPA No Further Remediation (NFR) letter,
and may include:
Restrictive covenants and deed restrictions
Negative easements
Ordinances adopted and administered by a
unit of local government
Agreements between a property owner and a
highway authority
Why are institutional controls required?
Land use restrictions and conditions are necessary
when remaining (post remediation) contaminants
pose a risk to human health or the environment
Institutional controls protect people from harmful
exposure to contaminants that are left in place.
For example, the conditions of an institutional
control may prohibit groundwater beneath a site from
being used as drinking water, or require the
maintenance of an engineered barrier to prevent
exposure to contaminants. Violation of these
conditions could pose an unacceptable health and
safety risk.
How will I know if my site needs an
institutional control?
You will need an institutional control when the
remediation objectives used at your site are based on
any of the following:
• Industrial/commercial land use
• Engineered barriers
• Pathway exclusion
• The point of human exposure is located at a
place other than at the source
• Any combination of the above
You will flpj need an institutional control if your site
meets the residential remediation objectives.
How do institutional controls work?
The language of the institutional controls) is found
in the NFR letter (see Fact Sheet 3). The NFR letter
may include copies of ordinances and deed
restrictions in addition to maps showing the areas
where remaining contaminants exceed the residential
remediation objectives.
After approval by the Illinois EPA, the NFR letter
must be filed by the site owner with the local county
recorder's office to be effective. By indexing the
letter to the property, users of die property will be
made aware of contaminants left in place. This
ensures current and future users of the property will
be informed of the conditions of the institutional
conrroU and/or protected from unwitting exposure to
environmental health risks.
Are institutional controls permanent land use
restrictions?
Yes. However, the site owner may conduct
additional investigative and/or remedial activities in
me future to reduce or eliminate the remaining
contaminants posing a risk to human health or the
environment. Once such work is completed, a
request can be made to the Illinois EPA to obtain a
new NFR letter.
What conditions may be imposed by
institutional controls?
Conditions imposed by institutional controls could:
• restrict tend use to industrial/commercial.
• prohibit installation of potable wells on site.
• require three feet of clean cover to remain
over contamination left in place,
• require a site safety plan to be implemented
if any intrusive activities occur in a
contaminated area, and/or
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• require maintenance of a parking lot or other
engineered barrier.
The conditions or restrictions found in institutional
controls all serve to prevent human exposure to
remaining contaminants, but are site-specific and
depend on multiple factors. These factors include:
amount of contamination left behind
location of contamination
nature or type of contamination
potential migration pathways or routes of
exposure
geology of the site
location of site and population ax risk
The Bureau of Land (BOL) can assist you in
identifying your site's options.
My property is already zoned commercial, so
do I need an institutional control from the
Illinois EPA restricting the property to
commercial/industrial use?
An institutional control from the Illinois EPA is Q&
the same as a local commercial zoning ordinance.
Local zoning does not offer the same health
protection because residential use of commercially
zoned property is not necessarily prohibited.
Restricting the land use to commercial/industrial
property under TACO means that the property cannot
be used for residential purposes.
TACO defines "residential property" as any real
properly that is used for habitation by individuals or
properties where children have the opportunity for
exposure to contaminants through ingestion or
inhalation at educational facilities, health care
facilities, child care facilities or playgrounds.
Contaminants from my site migrated to an
adjacent property. I want to resolve any
concerns about off-site contamination. If I
need an institutional control for my property.
doee that mean my next door neighbor's
property needs one too?
Yes, if the levels off-site exceed residential
remediation objectives and your neighbor agrees to
the land use restriction.
What if my neighbor wffl not accept an
institutional control?
Without your neighbor's consent, the Illinois EPA
will not issue the NFR letter specifying off-site
institutional controls. You must either re-negotiate
with your neighbor to gain consent, or clean up the
off-she contamination to residential remediation
objectives.
I heard that If a city ordinance limits the
community's drinking water source to a
public water supply, then the ordinance can
serve as an Institutional control. Is this true?
Yes, it can serve as an institutional control if the
ordinance effectively prohibits the use of private
wells for drinking water, and the procedural
requirements specified in 742.1015 are met
One condition of my institutional control
requires three feet of clean soil to be placed
over the contamination. However, I need to
put in a foundation for a new office building
which will disturb the three feet of cover.
What can I do?
A building foundation can be constructed, but the
construction workers must be adequately protected
from exposure to the contaminants pursuant to
OSHA regulations and safe worker practices.
If contaminated soil is to be excavated as pan of the
foundation construction, it must be managed
accordingly. Contaminated soils not excavated or
disturbed still require an eqnivalcntly protective
cover.
rf my contamination extends beneath a
highway, what can I do?
Since roadways can be acceptable engineered
barriers, a site owner can eater into an agreement
with the highway authority (state, county or local) for
the purposes of developing remediation objectives.
This agreement can then serve as an institutional
control.
Point of Human Exposure
Essentially, the risk is at the point of human
exposure, because without exposure there is no risk.
In TACO, it is assumed that thepoint of human
exposure, i.e., the risk, is at the contaminant source.
If, however, an institutional control or an engineered
barrier is in place, the point of human exposure is
moved to the edge of such controls.
I The Tiered Approach to Corrective Action
': Objectives (TACO) Fact Sheet 4. based on 35
\ 1AC Part 742. SubpartJ. is for general
\ information only and is not intended to
\ replace, interpret, or modify laws, rules or
\ regulations.
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Illinois
Environmental
Protection Agency
Buieui of Land
2200 Churchill Road
Springfield. IL 62794
ftbrauy 1997
Tiered Approach to Corrective Action
Objectives (TACO)
Fact Sheet 5: Engineered Barriers
What is an engineered barrier?
An engineered barrier as defined in TACO limits
exposure and/or controls migration of contaminants.
A barrier may be natural or human-made, but its
effectiveness must be verified by engineering
practices.
For an exposure (and therefore, a risk) to occur, three
factors must be present:
1. Contaminants;
2. An exposure route; and
3. A receptor.
The purpose of an engineered barrier is to limit
exposure by "cutting off the route. The use of an
engineered barrier is an option required only in
situations where remediation objectives exceed
residential remediation objectives.
The type of barrier used is based on the exposure
route being intercepted and the barrier's effectiveness
in doing so.
Requirements
Engineered barriers are factored into developing a
remediation objective in exposure route evaluations
and Tiers 2 and 3. Tier I makes no provisions to
adjust the objectives due to the use of an engineered
barrier.
If an engineered barrier is used, it must be
accompanied by an institutional control (see Fact
Sheet 4) which assures the proper maintenance of the
barrier. This institutional control is transferrable with
the property and must provide procedures to be
followed if intrusive work (breaching of the barrier)
is necessary.
An engineered barrier will only be approved by the
Bureau of Land (BOL) if the barrier as part of the
final corrective action is intended to be permanent.
That is, barriers will not be approved as part of the
final corrective action if they are only intended for
temporary use.
Examples of systems not acceptable as engineered
barriers include natural attenuation, fencing, and
point of use water treatment.
Migration to Groundwater Barriers
For the migration to groundwater route, die goal of a
barrier is to prevent the leaching of contaminants out
of the soil and into the groundwater. The two types
of barriers discussed in TACO are caps and
permanent structures.
A cap is a horizontal barrier that covers the entire
area of contamination to prevent infiltration of water.
A cap must be constructed of compacted clay,
asphalt, concrete, or other materials capable of
producing similar results.
Permanent structures are acceptable barriers due to
their capping effects. A roadway, for example, may
represent an adequate cap, as could a building.
Soil Ingestion and Inhalation Barriers
For both the soil ingestion and inhalation exposure
routes, barriers can prevent human exposure to
contaminated media.
The two types of barriers acceptable for both of these
routes are caps and permanent structures. A clean
soil cover is also acceptable for the soil ingestion
route.
Caps u*«d to prevent coil ing*ction and/or inhalation
are similar to those required for die migration to
groundwater pathway, and may be constructed with
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the same materials. Caps for this use, however, are
intended to prevent the upward migration of soil and
vapors instead of the downward infiltration of water.
Permanent structures may provide adequate
protection from contamination in instances where the
contaminants have migrated beneath the structure or
when a structure is built above the contamination.
A clean soil cover may be used to prevent the
ingestion of contaminated soil provided that the clean
cover is at least three feet thick. Clean cover consists
of materials that have contaminant levels not
exceeding the applicable Tier 1 residential
remediation objectives.
Ingestion of Groundwater Barriers
For the ingestion of groundwater route, two harriers
accepted under TACO are slurry walls and hydraulic
control of groundwater.
A slurry wall is a vertical barrier constructed of a
material that will prevent or impede the horizontal
movement of soil or groundwater contamination. A
shiny wall may be used in conjunction with a cap to
prevent the migration of the contaminated
groundwater.
Hydraulic groundwater control is used to:
• prevent groundwater from coming in contact with
contaminated soil, and
» prevent contaminated groundwater from
migrating.
Other Proposals
The engineered barriers discussed here are all
acceptable options. TACO, however, also allows the
proposal of other types of barriers. Other barriers
will be considered by the BOL if it can be
demonstrated that the proposed barrier is as effective
as those discussed herein.
Point of Human Exposure
For both carcinogenic and non-carcinogenic
contaminants, it is important to identify the location
of the risk on a site. Essentially the risk is at the
point of human exposure, because without exposure
there is no risk. In the TACO procedure, it is
assumed that the point of human exposure, i.e., the
risk, is at the contaminant source. If, however, an
institutional control or an engineered barrier is in
place, the point of human exposure is moved to the
edge of such controls.
The Tiered Approach to Corrective Action
Objectives (TACO) Fact Sheet 3, based on 35IAC
Part 742, Subpart K. is for general information
onfy and is not intended to replace, interpret, or
modify laws, rules or regulations.
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EXAMPLE OF No Further Remediation Letter
(217)782-6761
August 28.1996
Mr. Bob Smith
ABC Utility
J 00 Gaslight St.
AnyCity, IL 62222
Re: 1234567890 - Cook County
AnyCity, Illinois/ABC Utility
Site Remediation/Technical
Dear Mr. Smith:
The Remedial Action Completion Report (entitled " We are Done", dated 01/12/96. log number
96-01) for the ABC Utility property has been reviewed by the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency (Illinois EPA) and demonstrates that the remedial action was completed in accordance
with the Remedial Action Plan (dated 01/01/96, log number 95-99). The property is located in
the southwest 1/4 of Section 34. Township 39 North. Range 14 East, CoolcCounty, Illinois: and is
commonly known as 325 East 35th Street; AnyCity. Illinois. Pursuant to Section 58.10 of the
Illinois Environment Protection Act ("Act") (415 ILCS 5/58.10), your request for a no further
remediation determination is granted under the conditions and terms specified in this letter.
Issuance of this No Further Remediation Letter (Letter) signifies a release from further
responsibilities under the Act in performing the approved remedial action and shall be considered
prima facie evidence that the remediation site described in the Environmental Notice
(Attachment 1) and shown in the Site Base Map (Attachment 2) does not constitute a threat to
human health and the environment and does not require further remediation under the Act if
utilized in accordance with the terms of this Letter. Pursuant to Section 58.10(d) of the Act, the
No Further Remediation Letter shall apply in favor of the following persons:
1. The name of Remediation Applicant or other person to -whom the letter was issued;
2. The owner and operator of the remediation site;
3. Any parent corporation or subsidiary of the owner of the remediation site;
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4. Any co-owner, either by joint-tenancy, right of survivorship, or any other parry sharing a
relationship with the owner of the remediation site;
5. Any holder of a beneficial interest of a land trust or inter vivos trust, whether revocable or
irrevocable, involving the remediation site;
6. Any mortgage or trustee of a deed of trust of the owner of the remediation site or any
assignee, transferee, or any successor-in-interest of the owner of the remediation site:
7. Any successor-in-imerest of the owner of the remediation site;
8. Any transferee of the owner of the remediation site whether the transfer was by sale,
bankruptcy proceeding, partition, dissolution of marriage, settlement or adjudication of
any civil action, charitable gift, or bequest;
9. Any heir or devisee of the owner of the remediation site;
10. Any financial institution, as that term is defined in Section 2 of the Illinois Banking Act
and to include the Illinois Housing Development Authority, that has acquired the
ownership, operation, management, or control of the remediation site through foreclosure
or under the terms of a security interest held by the financial institution, under the terms
of an extension of credit made by the financial institution, or any successor in interest
thereto: or
II. In the case of a fiduciary (other than a land trustee), the estate, trust estate, or other
interest in property held in a fiduciary capacity, and a trustee, executor, administrator,
guardian, receiver, conservator, or other person who holds the remediated site in a
fiduciary capacity, or a transferee of such party.
This Letter, including all attachments, must be filed as a single instrument with the Office of the
Recorder or Registrar of Titles of Cook County within 45 days of its receipt. This Letter shall
not be effective until officially recorded by the Office of the Recorder or Registrar of Titles of
Cook Counr>- in accordance with Illinois law so that it forms a permanent part of the chain of title
for the ABC Utility property. Within 30 days of this Letter being recorded by the Office of the
Recorder or Registrar of Titles of Cook County, a certified copy of this Letter, as recorded, shall
be obtained and submitted to the Illinois EPA. For recording purposes, it is recommended that
Ihc SRP Environmental Notice attached to this Letter b? the first page of the instrument filed.
A No Further Remediation Assessment Fee, in the amount of the lesser of 52,500 or an amount
equal to the costs incurred for the remediation site by the Illinois EPA for review and evaluation
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services shall be delivered or mailed to the Illinois EPA at the following address:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Division of Administration
Fiscal Services Section #2
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
The No Further Remediation Assessment Fee shall be made payable by check or money order to
"Treasurer - State of Illinois for Deposit in the Hazardous Waste Fund". The check or
money order shall identify the Illinois Inventory I.D. Number for the remediation site and the
federal employer identification number or social security number of the RA. Request for final
payment for the No Further Remediation Assessment Fee will be included with the final billing
statement.
AND TERMS or APPROVAL
LEVEL OF REMEDIATION AND LAND Use LIMITATIONS
1 (Option 1 ) The remediation objectives for the remediation site described in the Site
Remediation Program Environmental Notice (attached) and shown on the Site Base Map
(Attachment 2) of this Letter are:
Chemical Concentration Media
Benzene J mg/L CW
Lead 4JOmg/kg Soil
(Option 2) The level of remediation objectives have been established in accordance with
an industrial/commercial land use limitation.
2 In accordance with Section 58.8(c) of the Act (415 ILCS S/S8.8(e)),jthe remediation site
described in the attached SRP Environmental Notice and shown on the Site Base Map
(attached) of this Letter shall not be used in a manner that is inconsistent with the
following land use limitation: industrial/commercial.
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3. The land use limitation specified in this Letter may be revised if:
a) Further investigation or remedial action has been conducted that
documents the attainment of objectives appropriate for the new land use:
and
b) A new Letter is obtained and recorded in accordance with Title XVII of
the Act and regulations adopted thereunder.
PREVENTIVE. ENGINEERING. AND INSTITUTIONAL CONTROLS
•4 [Description of any preventive, engineering and institutional controls required in the
approved Remedial Objectives Report/Remedial Action Plan}
Preventati ve: (Example) A safety plan for this remediation site is recommended Jo be
implemented in accordance with the Occupational Safety Health
Administration, to address possible worker exposure, should any future
excavation and construction activities occur -within the contaminated soil.
[monitoring requirements, if any}
Engineering: (Example 1) A six (6) inch asphalt barrier is described in the Response
Action Plan. This engineered barrier is to remain over the contaminated
soils, as outlined in Figure £4 of the Response Action Completion Plan.
Tills asphalt cap is to be properly maintained in the future as a engineered
barrier 10 inhibit inhalation andingestion of the contaminated media, as
well as impede contaminant migration to the groundwater.
(Example 2) Pavement or buildings, as described in the August 5,1996
Supplemental Information on Ground-water Cfinditinns and J?i>ir
Assessment, will be placed over the contaminated soils. The parking lot
surface is to be properly maintained in the future as a engineered barrier
to inhibit inhalation and ingest ion of the contaminated media, as well as
impede contaminant migration to groundwater.
Institutional: (Example 1) JDOT agrees, through the use of a Highway Authority
Agreement (attached}, to allow contaminated groundwater to remain
beneath its highway right-of-way immediately south of the remediation
site and agrees not to allow the use of that contaminated groundwater as a
potable or other domestic supply of water.
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(Example 2) This Letter shall be recorded as a permanent part of the
chain of title for the remediation site.
[elements related to issuance ofagroundwater monitoring gone]
5. Failure to manage the controls in full compliance with the terms of the Remedial Action
Plan may result in voidance of this Letter.
OTHER TERMS
6. [any other provisions agreed to by the Illinois EPA and the RA if only remediation site or
only selected regulated substances at the remediation site -were the subject of corrective
action]
(Example} Those areas of the Remediation site not outlined as areas of concern, from
Figure #4 of the Response Action flan, are not subject to any other institutional or
engineered barrier controls.
1 Further information regarding this remediation site can be obtained through a written
request under the Freedom of Information Act (5 ILCS 140) to:
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
Ann: Freedom of Information Act Officer
Bureau of Land £24
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield. IL 62794-9276
8. Pursuam to Section 58.10(f) of the Act (415 ILCS 5/58.10(0), should the Illinois EPA
seek to void this Letter, the Illinois EPA shali provide notice to the current title holder
and to the Remediation Applicant at the last known address. The notice shall specif}' the
cause for the voidance. explain the provisions for appeal, and describe the facts in support
of this cause. Specific acts or omissions that may result under Section 58.10(e)(lH7) of
the Act (415 ILCS 5/58.10(e)(I)-(7)) in the voidance of this Letter include, but shall not
be limited to:
a) Any violation of institutional controls or the industrial/commercial land use
restrictions:
b) The failure to operate and maintain preventive or engineering controls or to
comply with any applicable groundwater monitoring plan;
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c) The disturbance or removal of contamination that has been left in place in
accordance with the Remedial Action Plan;
d) The failure to comply with the recording requirements for the Letter;
e) Obtaining the Letter by fraud or misrepresentation;
f) Subsequent discovery of contaminants, not identified as pan of the investigative
or remedial activities upon which the issuance of the Letter was based, that pose a
threat to human health or the environment;
g) The failure to pay the No Further Remediation Assessment Fee within 45 dyas
after receiving a request for payment from the Illinois EPA;
h) The failure to pay in full the applicable fees under the Review and Evaluation
Services Agreement within 45 days after receiving a request for payment from the
Illinois EPA.
If you have any questions regarding this correspondence, you may contact the Illinois EPA
project manager. John Dot at (217)
Sincerel.
Lawrence W. Eastep. P.E.. Manager
Remedial Project Management Section
Division of Remediation Management
Bureau of Land
Attached: SRP Environmental Notice
Site Base Map
InstitutionalControl
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(1H) On the Waterfront: Contaminated Sediments and Redevelopment Issues
Wednesday, Septembers, 1997
3:45 p.m. -5:15 p.m.
Description: The need to deal with contaminated sediments has become a crucial and controversial factor in the
cleanup and revitalization of waterfront brownfields. The role of the federal government, port authorities, and
other stakeholders in remediation of contaminated sediment will be explored, along with project coordination and
cost sharing. Technologies for cleaning up sediment and current sediment and redevelopment projects will be
highlighted.
Location: Room 2217
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Thomas J. Chase (Moderator)
Mr. Jan A. Miller
Mr. David Petrovski
American Association of Port Authorities
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
MR. THOMAS J. CHASE
Mr. Chase advises members of the American Association of Port Authorities (AAPA) on environmental, port
development, and navigation issues affecting ports. He also represents the interests of the U.S. public ports before
Congress, the Administration, and federal agencies on legislative and regulatory issues. He joined AAPA in April
1997. Previously he was an environmental engineer at U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters,
where he worked on dredged material management, provided technical and policy support for regulations, and
facilitated discussions with other agencies. Presently, Mr. Chase is involved in the development of a strategy to
promote the use of dredged material for redevelopment of brownfields sites and for other beneficial purposes.
MR. JAN A. MILLER
Mr. Miller has been the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers liaison to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for
support of the Assessment and Remediation of Contaminated Sediments (ARCS) Program, and support of the
Remedial Action Plans at Great Lakes sites. He authored and was technical editor of several guidance documents
on contaminated sediment remediation. Mr. Miller is a member of several committees and working groups dealing
with sediments and dredging, including the Great Lakes Dredging Team and the International Joint Commission's
Sediment Priority Action Committee.
MR. DAVID PETROVSKI _^_____^^^^____«___________^^^^^^^^^^^_______
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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(11) Getting Community Stakeholders Involved in Technology Decisions
Thursday, September 4,1997
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Description: Effective community involvement and decision-making are based on a clear understanding of
complex environmental issues. The panelists will discuss why and how to involve the community in technology
decisions related to brownfields and identify ways to make complex technical information more "user-friendly."
Location: Room 221 OB
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Daniel M. Powell (Moderator)
Mr. Thomas Dunlop
Mr. J. Patrick McDonald
Ms. Brenda Lee Richardson
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
City of Aspen, Colorado
Great Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance
Research Center
Women Like Us
MR. DANIEL M. POWELL
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. THOMAS DUNLOP
Tom Dunlop has been involved with the Smuggler Mountain Superfund site since 1982. His primary role with this
program is as technical advisor to the citizens and elected officials of the City of Aspen and Pitkin County, Colorado.
He has managed the daily complexity of tasks associated with ensuring clear communication of scientific study,
compliance with pertinent regulation, and interpretation of settlement language to the community. Through Mr.
Dunlop's leadership the Aspen/Pitkin Environmental Health Department has remained neutral in many politically
sensitive situations and stayed focused on facts surrounding identification of public health risk. He has been a
strong proponent of citizen involvement in creating problem-solving strategies. This effort has resulted in settlement
conditions acceptable to those most impacted, those living on the Superfund site.
MR. J. PATRICK MCDONALD
Pat McDonald is coordinator of the Technical Outreach Services for Communities (TOSC) program at the Great
Plains/Rocky Mountain Hazardous Substance Research Center, which serves the U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Regions 7 and 8. Prior to joining the TOSC program, he was a project manager with EPA Region 7.
He holds a Master of Science degree in chemical engineering.
Ms. BRENDA LEE RICHARDSON
Brenda Lee Richardson is a graduate of the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor with a Bachelor of Arts in political
science and the University of Maryland in Baltimore with a master's degree in social work. She is the president of
Women Like Us, a consulting firm that specializes in community development, communications, public relations,
strategic planning, conference planning and training. Ms. Richardson is currently working specifically in the areas of
welfare reform and environmental justice. Ms. Richardson, a resident of Anacostia in the District of Columbia, has
been an environmentalist working on environmental justice issues in urban communities for the past 10 years. Ms.
Richardson has a longstanding relationship with local and national environmental groups such as the Sierra Club,
the Earth Conservation Corps, the Anacostia Watershed Society, and the Young's Memorial Community
Development Corporation. She has recently started working on a brownfields project in Washington, D.C. called
"Anacostia Brownfields Consortium" (ABC). This project is designed to spur economic development in distressed
communities for welfare recipients. Ms. Richardson is motivated to protect the community's interests as well as to
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ensure good environmental stewardship on critical environmental issues. It is critical that the community is
supportive of this Brownfields Initiative as an active participant in fulfilling the mission of the ABC. Women Like Us is
committed to ensuring both heightened environmental awareness and hands-on involvement in the protection of two
of this country's most threatened resources - the disadvantaged and the environment.
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 11: GETTING COMMUNITY STAKEHOLDERS INVOLVED IN TECHNOLOGY
DECISIONS
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ANACOSTIA BROWNFIELDS CONSORTIUM
A Creating Jobs
Protecting the
Environment
Revitalizing
Neighborhoods
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CONTACT INFORMATION
Brenda Richardson
Women Like Us
3008-24th Place, SE
Wash.DC 20020
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WRITTEN EPA STATEMENT
A I, Brenda Lee Richardson, the
President of Women Like Us, do
hereby give my permission for the
U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency to reproduce this paper on
the "Anacostia Brownfields
Consortium" for the Brownfiields '97
binder.
Brenda Lee Richardson, MSW
President
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INTRODUCTION
The Anacostia Brownfields Coalition (ABC) has been formed among concerned citizen's groups,
churches, businesses, government, academic and other public institutions to create jobs, protect
the environment and revitalize Anacostia and its surrounding area neighborhoods. The Coalition
believes in the importance of community based solutions, citizen empowerment and the power of
individuals working together. The partnership is an example of a plan that ties environmental
stewardship with environmental justice.
| BACKGROUND
ABC grew from meetings between the George Washington University's (GWU) Institute for the
Environment chartered between GWU and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency as a unique
public/private partnership. Brenda Lee Richardson of Women Like Us, a member of the Institute
for Environmental Advisory Board and head of a citizen empowerment group that includes First
Baptist Church, Young's Memorial CDC, Ward 8 Forum on Education, the Earth Conservation
Corps, City Councilmember Sandy Allen and the Environmental Law Institute presented the
brownfields idea to the Institute and the group. The group's initial meetings focused on the
development of an eco-industrial park project and brownfields. Those discussions led to a larger
concept of "demand-side" brownfields development to answer the imperative of job creation in
light of the onset of welfare reform.
The formation of the Anacostia Brownfields Coalition is the realization of those discussions. The
Coalition seeks to interact with the community to identify business opportunities suitable for
location in Anacostia and then focus on available former industrial or commercial sites that will
best meet those needs. Sites for brownfield development will be screened in terms of suitability
for the logistics of the business venture and availability of workforce, and then balanced by
considerations of property contamination. In the ABC's vision, most property can easily be made
available for re-use with only a very limited risk of harm from contamination, that can be more
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than offset by improvements in health and well being that come through constructive employment
opportunities. In developing these concepts, ABC is working closely with a number of its
partnering institutions: Mitretek, the highly talented not for profit research and development
organization that specializes in environment and information technology and George Washington
University with its Institute for the Environment and schools of Public Health, Engineering,
Business and Public Management, and Law School among other strengths. On the other hand,
the community has solicited support from such businesses as Cushman & Wakefield, Greater
Washington, BOSCART Construction and the Office of Economic Development for the District of
Columbia.
The purpose of ABC is to develop brownfields based projects that will create a job market for
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) recipients who are moving from welfare to work
and give other area residents an opportunity for meaningful private sector employment In spite of
the fact that there are many jobs in the growing D.C. metropolitan area, TANF customers and
many other area residents are unable to access those jobs due to transportation and skills
development issues. On the other hand, business in the greater Washington, D.C. area do not
have access to a skilled and reliable labor pool that can fill all the vacant positions for technically
trained individuals that they have available. ABC provides a creative mechanism to meet this
regional need for supply and demand.
| CURRENT PROJECTS I
The ABC is currently working on two brownfields concepts:
| Telecommuting Center and Tek-Aid Training Concept \
The purpose of the telecommuting center is to create a central employment site in the District of
Columbia and convenient to the workforce to perform for technology firms at or outside the
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beltway. Combined with the community development of Women Like Us, life skills development
of the Young's Memorial CDC, job readiness training of the Ward 8 Forum on Education,
recruitment development of First Baptist Church and the Earth Conservation Corps, and the Tek-
Aid skills development program it provides a vehicle for livable wages and permanent employment
in a community practically devoid of economic activity.
The Tek-Aid Program is a public/private partnership aimed at providing the training and upward
mobility of certain welfare clients and other disadvantaged populations (handicapped, displaced
workers, etc.) to work in the computer programming field, while simultaneously contributing to the
labor pool addressing the Year 2000 problem and the more general need for additional technology
workers. The Year 2000 problem is the software maintenance challenge facing the world as a
result of the historical use of two-digit dates in computers. Unless the software is changed, when
the Year 2000 arrives, many critical computer systems will incorrectly believe it is 1900. adversely
affecting almost every calculation dealing with time. It is estimated that over 180,000 additional
technologists will be required to address the Year 2000 problem in time. Separately, we are
facing a severe technologist shortage in the Washington metropolitan area as tens of thousands
of technologists vacancies go unfilled and technology salaries skyrocket.
The Tek-Aid Program, proposes to screen targeted individuals for their aptitude to leam and
perform computer software manipulation tasks, train those found likely to succeed in the skill
areas they will need to function, and place them initially at a telecommuting site developed on an
Anacostia brownfield to be linked through high capacity communication networks to governments
and companies that have need for their computing related services. Tek-Aid participants can also
be placed directly with companies in need of similar entry-level technologists. Tek-Aid envisions a
close partnership with the D.C. schools in with the Ward 8 Forum on Education to identify and
prepare D.C.'s youth for high technology centers, much like the successful model that is already
working at Ballou Senior High School in Anacostia.
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This approach proposes to add the concepts of Apprentice-Journeyman-Master to the job of
Programmer. Upon completion of the initial Tek-Aid training, apprentices will work under the
close supervision of Master Programmers. As they gain experience and additional technical
training, the apprentices may transition into the Journeyman and Master Programmer roles.
Other limited non-technical job skill training (how to dress in an office environment, how to deal
with a supervisor, etc.) will be integrated with the technical program. Once individuals have
transitioned into the technical workplace, their new employers will offer additional formal training to
maximize their chances of establishing a lasting career.
This project is definitely community driven. There is often this perception that the work and funds
go the university and the businesses. However, this particular endeavor is much different. The
citizen empowerment group has an equal role in this process as it relates to decision making,
responsibilities and equal access to the funds available to make this project happen. Each
organization's role is clearly defined in this process.
Women Like Us is a consulting firm that specializes in community development, communications,
public relations, strategic planning, conference planning and training. The company is currently
working in the areas of welfare reform and environmental justice. Women Like Us works with
welfare recipients in the District of Columbia. Brenda Lee Richardson has been a community
activist and eco-feminist for the past ten years. Inasmuch as the work of Women Like Us is
motivated to protect the community's interest as well as to ensure good environmental
stewardship on critical environmental issues, this company has made a commitment to heighten
environmental awareness and hands-on involvement in this brownfields project through
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community development
The Earth Conservation Corps works with community leaders and environmental groups to
develop a natural partnership between youth and the environn.ent High visibility projects provide
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maximum benefits to young people, the environment and the community. Inner city at-risk youth,
ages 18-25, gain an opportunity to devote their time and energy to cleaning up the environment
Corps members earn stipends and open savings accounts, many for the first time in their lives.
They also keep daily journals, practicing literacy skills as they think about their feelings and
experiences. Corp members also benefit from weekly "TEACH" days (Training, Employment.
Academics, Culture, History). Participants are encouraged to take vocational training and to finish
school and earn GEDs. Many of the Corp members are TANF recipients. The ECC's role in this
process will be to recruit ready to work candidates to qualify for employment opportunities at the
telecommuting center.
The Young's Memorial Community Development Corporation is a nonprofit organization whose
mission is to educate and empower the disadvantaged in the areas of homeownership, economic
development, public health, welfare reform and environmental justice. The Young's Memorial
CDC is a certified site in the District of Columbia for work experience for TANF recipients who
have an interest in daycare. This faith-based organization has a vested interest in making sure
that daycare is available to the parents that work at the telecommuting center. Their role in this
process is to provide training for daycare opportunities and life skills development training. This
component will be done in partnership with the First Baptist Church as well as the Ward 8 Forum
on Education.
First Baptist Church has a long history of working with the community. The pastor of the church
dearly recognizes that there is a connection between welfare reform and environmental justice in
this project Inasmuch as they are providing counseling to welfare moms, they would like to take
this responsibility on in the project and work in partnership with the Earth Conservation Corps in
the recruitment process.
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The Ward 8 Forum on Education is also important to this project This allows us to connec* j all
the schools in Ward 8 at the elementary, junior and senior high levels. The School Board
Representative for the Ward operates this program that has an excellent reputation for training in
career development. The Forum on Education is committed to this effort and will provide the job
readiness training.
| ECO-INDUSTRIAL PARK
This project is aimed at reforming D.C.'s recycling system from a supply side to a demand side
model. The Washington D.C. solid waste stream will be analyzed from an available resource
perspective. This will concentrate on identifying those components of the waste stream that can
serve as economically viable feedbacks for manufacturing recycled content products. Based on
that effort ABC will work with the city government to rewrite the D.C. recylcing law to also focus on
these waste streams. ABC will identify a brownfield site suitable for locating a recycling center as
the heart of an Eco-lndustrial Park.
Among other businesses in the eco-industrial park will be privately own manufacturing operations
that can use the waste feedstocks from the recycling center to manufacture products the Federal
government has designated for purchasing under the affirmative procurement provisions of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act Other business ventures will be sought for the park
that are logical extensions of the operations of the "resource to recovery" theme of the park.
As with Tek-Aid a core concept of the park is structured job creation and training. This concept
envisions moving workers from basic task jobs in the recyling center to more sophisticated
operations in the manufacturing businesses.
This initiative would not be successful without the support of the not only the community but the
Councilmember for Ward 8, Sandy Allen. Councilmember Allen is very supportive of this initiative.
Both of these projects have the core themes of creating jobs, protecting the environment and
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revitalizing neighborhoods through maximum productive use of Anacostia's Brownfields. A
current list of ABC's partners and supporters is listed below:
Women Like Us Institute for the Environment/GW University
Young's Memorial CDC Earth Conservation Corps
First Baptist Church Global Green, U.S. affiliate of Green Cross
Ward 8 Forum on Education International
Cushman & Wakefield Mitretek
Councilmember Sandy Allen Office of Economic Development
BOSCART Construction Greater Washington
Brownfields redevelopment certainly symbolizes the importance and significance of community
building in its simpliest form. The community must have a vested interest in a project of this
nature in order for it to be successful.
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(1J) GIS Applications in Brownfields: Interdepartmental Coordination, Site Selection, and Marketing
Thursday, September 4.1997
8:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Description: Try out geographic information systems (GIS) and geographic plotting systems (GPS), such as
LANDVIEW and ARCVIEW. Local governments use them to provide sophisticated mapping of brownfields sites
for marketing plans, and so can you! Panelists will outline steps in selecting a GIS system and share success
stories. GIS demonstrations will allow you to test various systems.
Location: 221OA
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. James Maas (Moderator)
Mr. Dick Burk
Mr. Gary Ellsworth
Mr. Patrick Garvey
Mr. John Martin
Mr. Ed Terry
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
County of Cuyahoga Planning Commission
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Envirofacts
Warehouse
U.S. General Services Administration
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Chemical
Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office
MR. JAMES MAAS
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. DICK BURK
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. GARY ELLSWORTH
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. PATRICK GARVEY
Patrick Garvey is the director of the Envirofacts Warehouse under the Chief Information Officer of the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Mr. Garvey has also worked in Enterprise Information Management
Division, the Hazardous Waste Division, the Denver regional office, and in state government. Mr. Garvey holds a
master's degree from the Lyndon Baines Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.
MR. JOHN MARTIN
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. ED TERRY
Mr. Terry worked five years in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Office of Science and Technology
developing effluent guidelines for industrial point sources. Prior to coming to EPA as a chemical engineer, he
worked as a pharmacist in Oklahoma. He has worked the last three months in EPA's Chemical Emergency
Preparedness and Prevention Office, supporting the development of electronic submission of the Risk Management
Plan mandated by Section 112(r) of the Clean Air Act. In addition, he is involved with the development of current
and future versions of Landview.
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(1K) A Tree Grows in Trenton: A Look at Phytoremediation
Thursday, September 4,1997
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Description: Phytoremediation is a promising, but still experimental, remediation method that uses plants and
trees to absorb and break down contaminants. Phytoremediation has captured broad interest because of its low
cost and high level of community acceptance. Experts from organizations that have successfully used the
technology will share their experiences.
Location: 221OA
Speakers and Affiliation:
Dr. Walter Kovalick, Jr. (Moderator)
Mr. Stephen A. Rock
Dr. Jerold L. Schnoor
Ms. Karen Waldron
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research
and Development
University of Iowa
City of Trenton, New Jersey
DR. WALTER W. KOVALICK, JR.
Dr. Kovalick manages an office chartered to act as champion for the introduction of more innovative remediation
technologies in the clean-up of abandoned waste sites under Superfund and corrective action under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act. Formed in 1990, his office is providing policy leadership and technology
information within U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and enabling the broader use of innovative
technologies through other federal agencies, states, consulting engineers, technology vendors and by other
countries.
Dr. Kovalick holds a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering and management science from Northwestern
University and a master's degree in business administration from Harvard Business School. He holds a doctorate
degree in public administration and policy from Virginia Polytechnic Institute. He is a recipient of the President's
Meritorious Executive Award and EPA Bronze and Silver Medals for Superior Service. In February 1990, he was
named by Engineering News-Record magazine as one of their "1990 Marksmen." In 1997, he received the Fitzhugh
Green Award for contributions to EPA's international programs over twenty years. He has served on a
subcommittee of the National Research Council and a subcommittee of the Department of Energy's Environmental
Management Board, both of which advise the Department on technology development issues. He is a member of
the American Society for Public Administration and the Academy of Management.
MR. STEPHEN A. ROCK
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
DR. JEROLD L. SCHNOOR
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
Ms. KAREN WALDRON
Ms. Waldron has an undergraduate degree in environmental planning and design and a graduate degree in public
administration. She has worked in both the public and private sectors in the fields of planning, engineering, site
development and environmental protection. Ms. Waldron is currently a Project Manager for the City of Trenton's
Department of Housing and Development and also acts as the city's Brownfields Coordinator. She has actively
promoted the city's involvement with field trials involving innovative remedial technologies and helped spearhead the
Phytoremediation project currently underway at the city's Magic Marker site.
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(1L) The Brownfields Information Highway: The Two-Way Street
Friday, Septembers, 1997
8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.
Description: Information is essential if local stakeholders are to make a brownfields deal happen. In addition,
information about the effects of the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is essential to federal and
state policy makers. Key stakeholders, such as real estate developers, financiers, and government officials, will
discuss the information they need to support their decision-making and report successes. Panelists also will
discuss computer system options that can support information sharing.
Location: Room 2217
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Stephen R. Wassersug (Moderator)
Mr. Michael DuBrow
Mr. Charles Epperson
Dr. Paul S. Fischbeck
Mr. Stan Hitt
Mr. James Maas
Mr. David A. Newton
Global Environmental and Technology Foundation
SelecTOWN
State of Texas, Natural Resource Conservation
Commission
Carnegie Mellon University
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 6
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Solid
Waste and Emergency Response
Marasco Newton Group
MR. STEPHEN R. WASSERSUG
Mr. Wassersug is currently the president of the Global Environmental and Technology Foundation, a not-for-profit
organization committed to the development and use of technology and information systems to achieve
environmentally sustainable development. Mr. Wassersug served for 26 years with the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) at senior executive levels. The last 12 years with EPA included management of Superfund
and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) programs at both EPA regional and headquarters levels.
From 1990-1994, Mr. Wassersug was assigned to Hungary by the U.S. government to establish the Regional
Environmental Center for Central and Eastern Europe in conjunction with other governments and organizations from
within and outside the region. The successful Center now has offices in seven countries of the region, serves 13
total countries from the Baltics to Albania and has been instrumental in the development of policies, programs, and
legislation. The Center also provides vital support to the development of the Environmental Action Plan of the
Ministers which contains the broad strategy and action framework for policy reform, institutional strengthening, and
investment.
Mr. Wassersug has also worked as an international waste expert with international organizations including OECD,
UNEP, UNDP, ILO, IMO, World Bank, and UNIDO. Prior to assuming his position with the Foundation, Mr.
Wassersug worked as director of International and Federal Programs for Jacobs Engineering, one of the world's
largest engineering and hazardous waste remediation firms. He has authored a number of publications on
remediation, risk assessment, and international environmental policy.
MR. MICHAEL DUBROW
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. CHARLES EPPERSON
Charles Epperson is the manager of the Voluntary Cleanup Section in the Pollution Cleanup Division of the Texas
Natural Resource Conservation Commission (TNRCC). He manages voluntary cleanup project managers and
administrative staff who oversee the cleanup of more than 450 sites in Texas. Prior to his current duties, Mr.
Epperson has worked for TNRCC and its predecessor agencies for ten years as a Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) field investigator and as a remedial project manager and unit manager in the Superfund
program.
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Mr. Epperson participated in the writing of the Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program law and the Texas Voluntary
Cleanup Program rules. He has lectured extensively on administrative and technical issues regarding the Texas
Risk Reduction Rules and the Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program. Mr. Epperson attended Southwest Texas State
University where he received his bachelor's and master's degrees in biology.
He is a member of the Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials Voluntary Cleanup
Task Force.
DR. PAUL S. FISCHBECK
Paul S. Fischbeck is an associate professor in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy and the Department
of Social and Decision Sciences at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He is a graduate of the
University of Virginia (Bachelor of Science in architecture), the Naval Postgraduate School (Master of Science in
operations research and systems analysis), and Stanford University (doctorate in industrial engineering and
engineering management). His general research involves incorporating uncertainty about probability (ambiguity) into
normative risk analysis. Past and current research includes a risk comparison of two reactor safety systems, a
large-scale probabilistic risk assessment for National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) on the space
shuttle's tile protection system, and the actual and perceived risks of mine subsidence in western Pennsylvania. He
is a co-director of The Brownfields Center at Carnegie Mellon University and is currently developing RISES (Regional
Industrial Site Evaluation Systems), a geographic information system (CIS) designed to evaluate the environmental
risk and economic potential of abandoned industrial sites.
MR. STAN HITT
Stan Hitt is presently the brownfields' coordinator for U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 6 in
Dallas. He has been in the coordinator's position for three years and with the Agency for 15 years. Prior to working
on brownfields, Mr. Hitt was a remedial project manager and a section chief in the Superfund Program. As a
remedial project manager from 1982 to 1985, and later as a section chief to a staff of remedial project managers for
10 years, he oversaw the cleanup of hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List. Prior to starting work at
EPA, Mr. Hitt attended the University of Arkansas and Texas Tech University where he received his Master and
Bachelor of Science degrees, respectively.
MR. JAMES MAAS
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. DAVID A. NEWTON
Mr. Newton is Marasco Newton Group's executive vice president, founder, and chief financial officer. He has an
impressive record of service to the federal government supporting the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA),
the Department of Labor, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers (USACE). For more than 30 years, he has directed management studies, organizational analyses,
information management studies and strategies, and projects involving computer systems development and
implementation.
Mr. Newton's consulting career focus has been primarily in support of Superfund, the EPA's program for cleaning up
the nation's worst hazardous waste sites. He assisted Superfund program offices in the requirements stage and
field implementation of numerous Superfund Information Systems (SIS), and helped design reports used by both
USACE and Superfund regional managers to negotiate all planned remedial actions at Superfund sites.
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1L: THE BROWNFIELDS INFORMATION HIGHWAY: THE TWO-WAY
STREET
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The Brownfields Information Highway:
The Two-Way Street
Stephen R. Wassersug Christine Merrell
President Project Analyst
Global Environment & Technology Foundation
7010 Unie River Turnpike, Suite 300
Annandale, Virginia 22003
Tel: (703) 750-6401
Fax: (703) 750-6506
E-mail: stevg.wassftrfiuoffl)onat.orti
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The Brownfielda Information Highway: The Two-Way Street
Today, we face new environmental challenges that are more diffuse than those of the past and
demand different approaches and innovative solutions. Problems on global, regional, and local
scales have emerged which will require original solutions. Interaction required for success
between different stakeholders is vital to solve current environmental problems. Key
stakeholders in the Browrrfields National Action Agenda such as real estate developers,
financiers, government officials and the local community are sharing information to assist in their
decision making and to report lessons learned. New positive shifts are taking place in the 1990s
on how we protect and manage our environment and natural resources. EPA's innovative and
highly successful Brownfields program requires that we make full utilization of current and
expanding technologies to inform and communicate. This presentation will identify some of the
tools, how they are being used in the Brownfieid community, and their potential impact on our
future - how we remediate, invest, do business, and assure that risks are acceptable, etc.
As stewards of our environment, timely access to information and ability to communicate must
occur to make us aware of the environmental impacts of any decision we make. Environmental
concerns and information should be fully integrated into the fundamental design of both the
Brownfieid program and site opportunities. If this happens, we win be able to provide more
effective solutions while decreasing environmental risks that reduce requirements for energy and
natural resources, and further re-contamination. Most importantly, the opportunity to participate
on a regular basis with all stakeholders will expedite acceptable decisions.
Communication Between Federal Agencies
Federal interagency programs, such as the Brownfields National Action Agenda, often face
numerous obstacles that inhibit the efficient exchange and dissemination of information. Some of
these obstacles include but are not limited to physical distance, incompatible hardware and/or
software, as well as idle time wasted during document/information exchange.
Information Flow
Information flow is central to integrating and leveraging advancements in management
effectiveness and sustainable development. In order for a Brownfieid project to be successful,
necessary Information must be given to local stakeholders. Additionally, information on the
effects of the Brownfiekte Initiative is essential to National and State policy makers. Well-
designed and flexible interactive networking capability allows one to access state-of-the-art
knowledge, realize economic opportunities, and respond quickly to environmental realities. The
World Wide Web (www) is already providing a variety of dynamic Information exchange centers.
The Internet as a Solution
Developed over 25 years ago, the Internet is a global "network of networks" that allows any
computer attached to the network to talk to any other attached computer virtually anywhere in the
world. The Internet provides organizations and individuals with a dynamic new platform for
commerce; internal communications; advertising; buslness-to-business and business-to-
consumer transactions; customer support; electronic publishing and services; and entertainment
and product marketing. The Internet is experiencing tremendous growth, providing businesses
and organizations, of all sizes, with increasingly expanded opportunities to improve their
communications, distribute information, lower operating costs, and re-engineer operations. (See
Rg. 1)
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Growing Dependence on the Internet1
EM AI (percent of current adult Internet users) \y RR
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The Internet, more specifically the World Wide Web (www) is an ideal medium for the
dissemination of information that can be locally, regionally, or nationally focused. The Web
provides an unprecedented capability for Interaction and information exchange, with little barrier
of entry for the end-user.
EPA's Brownfields Internet homepage (www.epa.gQv/brownfieids> went on-line in January 1996.
EPA developed the Brownfields homepage to maximize distribution of Brownfields information,
increase the timeliness of this information, and reduce document distribution costs. The
homepage is a vehicle for providing local governments, businesses, affected community
members, and other Brownfields stakeholders with access to the Brownfields information and
tools they need to become involved in local Brownfieids decisions. The true value of the World
Wide Web, however, is further realized with the integration of applications, or programs, that are
specifically designed for the Web's open-system architecture.
An Internet Web publishing server enables organizations to deliver dynamic content and extend
true value-added functionality over the World Wide Web. This new category of'software products
provides the integrated framework that anyone needs to deploy open and scaleable applications
and information services over the Internet and Intranet. For example, today as a property
developer you can post (1) your needs to bulletin boards, (2) promote an event to explain your
property situation, (3) a press release to a new database and other data with only a browser
through community sites like Earth Vision
Networks that Meet Environmental Needs
A number of web-based Information systems currently provide stakeholders with environmental
information and the opportunity to reach an extensive community. Those based on the Global
Network of Environment and Technology (GNET™) platform are summarized on Rgure 2.
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Fie. 2
Information Management Systems
Title:
Function;
" provides timely and relevant information to all
GNET (www.gnet.ore) - The
Global Network of Environment
& Technology.
GNET
environmental stakeholders on environmental topics.
TechKnow™ is an
environmental technology
database residing on GNET™
TechKnow™ allows users to search for timely Information, as
well as add and update their information in a password-
protected environment TechKnow™ creates a virtual Website
for your technology free of charge.
globeNet™ fwww.isol40QQ.neO
globeNet™ provides timely, relevant information and
discussion facilitation of Environmental Management Systems
on the Web.
ETI (www. gnet.org/qfc) — The
Environmental Technology
Initiative (ETI) Database.
The Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) Database is an
internal project management tool developed for the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), public dissemination
and project coordination.
lartomnanal Ttehnoloflr hnnma
Brownftetd Network (Intranet
under development for EPA).
Under development for the EPA, the Brownfield Network is a
private network that allows federal agencies to share and
process policies and guidelines.
WeNet (www.waiet.org) -
World Engineering Network
Developed for the World Engineering Partnership for
Sustainable Development (WEPSD), WeNet allows decision
makers on a global basis to share information, create
relationships, promote global ethics and advance leaderships.
RCI (rci.gnet.org) - Rapid
Commercialization Initiative
The Rapid Commercialization Initiative is a cooperative effort
between federal agencies and states to provide internal
communications on testing, methodology, data and public
dissemination.
ITRC
(www. gnet.org/gnet/gov/iDtef5tate
- Interstate
Technology and Regulatory
Cooperation Working Group
The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Cooperation
Working Group provides internal communication among
members, as well as outreach to interested environmental
communities.
The Chattanooga Intranet
The Chattanooga Intranet provides community-wide
coordination and collaboration on the City's strategy for
revitaiization.
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The Global Environment & Technology Foundation (GETF) provides information services to many
cooperative federal and state programs through the GNET™ (www.gnet.org) information system.
The system was developed for the U.S. Department of Energy to meet environmental needs and
Is free for any user. This on-line network has the ability to provide private communications to
groups for specific projects and programs. GNET™ provides a two way interactive means of
communication that can be effectively used to convey information and identify problems.
GNET™ information that is designed to meet the needs of the environmental community provides
timely information on government programs, policy and law, and current industry and other news,
environmental products and services, marketing opportunities, contracts and business and other
stakeholder assistance. GNET™ will soon assist the EPA" Brownflelds Economic
Redevelopment Initiative in meeting its outreach needs and serve as a communications hub
through forums and the creation of private networks.
GNETs™ powerful, dynamic Web site management and application assembly platform, Empire
Server, is available for complete Web site management. Empire Server integrates with industry-
standard Web servers and databases to create a complete Web site management package that
delivers secure, highly available, dynamic content and extended business application functionally
via the Internet. User restrictions can also be Imposed that protect sensitive information as well
as allow the user to modify information within the site.
Brownfield Network
Using the Empire Server, a comprehensive electronic communications Internet-based information
network for the Brownfield initiative has been developed. The Brownfield Virtual Private Network
(VPN) or Extranet will be a secure, private World Wide Web she designed for working group
communication and collaboration. Using a standard Web browser, VPN members can access the
VPN from anywhere in the world via an Internet connection. Once inside the VPN, members can
communicate with each other and collaborate on projects by using Web conferences, search
tools, and file libraries. VPNs provide powerful, state-of-the-art, collaborative online workspaces
built for private communication and information exchange. (See Rg. 3)
Fig. 3
The Brownfield Network
Brownfleld Home Page
Summary, Related Links,
Enter VPN, Enter public
and private databases.
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Initially, the VPN will support the Interagency Brownfields Working Group members (over 10
Federal Agencies) and provide them instantaneous access to documents, pictures, files and any
other content form via the World Wide Web. This Extranet offers unprecedented networking and
group working capabilities that bypass conventional hardware and software incompatibilities and
provide a globally secured, accessible medium for information dissemination and exchange.
A second tool, which will be utilized for exchanging and disseminating information, will be the
Brownfields database. The database will collect and organize appropriate Brownfields
information. This database will use dynamic architecture consisting of Summary Query
Language (SQL) tables using templates that utilize private and public views. Users with
privileged access will be able to edit data directly to the SQL tables, which enables the next user
to view the updated information instantaneously. The Web interface requires no additional
software. Portions of the database information can be secured for internal management, as well
as external information dissemination. Through user specified restrictions the database will be
used for internal management, as well as selective external information dissemination.
The Environmental Technology Initiative fETH and Relationship to Brownfields
EPA Is using an Internet based information system for both internal management, as well as
selective external dissemination, developed through the GNET™ architecture. Information
contained within the database includes specific details of the projects, such as partners, amount
funded, and project purpose, but also includes the benefits of the project. Benefits are defined in
terms of the larger goals of ETI and EPA's mission to protect public health and environmental
quality. Specifically, the program is defined in Rg. 4.
Fig. 4 Environmental Technology Initiative (ETI) Information System
• Manage the gathering, analysis, and dissemination of information on ETI funded projects;
• Assess the benefits of each project, identify key audiences and beneficiaries of each project
and vehicles for reaching them;
• Identifies incentives and opportunities to enhance stakeholder involvement In ETI activities;
• Provides a system to measure program accomplishments and the environmental results that
are achieved in various projects;
• Provides a conduit for exchanging information within synergistic ETI programs and externally
funded programs;
• Identifies strategic partnerships within the ETI program, as well as with other public and
private entities, to diffuse the use of innovative technologies and the attainment of associated
benefits;
• Answers Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) through query system. This-user-friendly
interface queries the database with minimal user effort. For example, "What are the projects
that have invested in my state?"
The ETI system and Its platform are uniquely positioned to develop, achieve and sustain an
information network for the Brownfields Initiative. The proposed system will empower States,
localities, and other agencies to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely dean
up and promotes sustalnabiUty reuse Brownfields. The proposed system's architecture would be
leveraged from the existing ETI database resulting in significant cost savings. The system will be
capable of generating high quality data useful to Brownfield stakeholders. The system will
provide quality assured data collected under a prescribed set of operating conditions that is
reported at the highest level of credibility, based on published approaches and procedures.
The information system envisioned for the Brownfields National Action Agenda (BNAA) will be a
compilation of a World Wide Web site, a database(s) and a Virtual Private Network. Through
these Internet tools, all information/communication relevant to Brownfields can be
disseminated/exchanged. Recommended functionality Is included in Rg. 5.
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Pig. 5 Brownfiolds National Action Agenda (BNAA) Functionality
• General Posting of Information - Documents, files, pictures, publications, and other content.
Content regularly updated for participants.
• User Authentication - Site or designated areas protected from public view through user id
and password authentication.
• Secure Full Text Search - All information fully searchable. Site content captured and
indexed through the Fulcrum search engine, returning ranked search results.
• E-mail/Ustserv - E-mail capabilities integrated allowing users to send e-mail messages to
individuals or pre-defined groups through the Web. E-mails automatically generated through
according to defined events or according to the requirements of BNAA group.
• File Libraries - Upload or download files directly. File Library allows users to upload or
download electronic files for all users to access.
• Document Revision Control -users "tag" designated documents with "check-in/check-out"
feature that restricts access to one user at a time. Previous versions made accessible for
review or modification. Actively exchange documents through any standard browser
• User-directory - Members included In an on-line member directory: lists contact information.
links to e-mail accounts, includes picture of each VPN participant. Made accessible only to
members of the network, and can be updated immediately.
• Archive/Reference Information - Reference Information, documentation, links or other
content posted and searched.
• Links - Link other related sites within the network. Can develop table enabling links to be
searched, updated and found.
• Private Workspaces - Individualized workspace containing information, links, preferences,
documents, conferences or other content/capabilities for the BNAA network. Function as a
customized "launch screen" to user-defined areas.
• BNP Implementation Status Area - Internal area for Brownfields National Partners (BNP) to
report status and progress on commitments. Postings made as they happen, on a regularly
scheduled basis, or when a special need arises.
• BNP Comment Area - EPA, as the BNP Network administrator, will post documents, files.
graphics, publications and any other content to the BNP Network for review and comment.
Used to develop proposals, policies and draft documents. Serves as administrative
deliberation, comment and consensus building area. Once finalized, It Is posted to the BNP
Library and to other public Web sites.
• BNP Conference Area - Unstructured "chat* venue. Members ask questions and post
opinions. Provides ability to post message, respond, search and track conference dialogue.
Can house files, documents or other content. Messages listed by author or date, and other
advanced functions such as searching and message threading. May host scheduled 'Virtual
meetings"
• BNP Member Directory - Lists contact information and links to each e-mail account. Only
accessible to members.
• BNP Network Search - Search for materials posted in all areas. Captured, indexed and
ranked by relevance to the user.
• On-line Instruction Manual - Links included throughout the manual, users research within a
topic to achieve full understanding of the options and features.
• Other capabilities - Advantage of the GETF solution is its ability to be customized to best
meet the requirements of the BNAA's growing and changing user community.
Working group sessions between end-users and system developers are mandatory prerequisites
for the development of any information network. Only through these sessions can developers
truly understand end-users needs so that the system can fulfill all end-user requirements in the
most efficient way.
The BNP Network will serve the interests and objectives of the Brownfields stakeholders. With a
secure authentication and authorization process, members will be granted special access to what
they are able to see or do. The BNP Network will increase the efficiency of the Interagency
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Working Group by providing unprecedented response and flexibility. It will permit quick,
controlled access of working documents and position papers, allowing interaction and
coordination using the information architecture of the World Wide Web.
Through the development of VPN(s) with the following capabilities, Brownfield stakeholders will
be kept informed of the latest issues surrounding Brownf iekfe and will be capable of interacting
with other stakeholders as well as commenting on different Brownfield documents. This will be
crucial to the success of the Brownf lelds Initiative because of its broad-based contingency.
Using the power of the Internet to meet environmental objectives and promote global
sustainability is a reality. The vision for tfw future is built on more effective, open, and
productive collaboration and information exchange among stakeholders. Initiatives must
•How a two-way exchange and not force-feed or dictate policy. These collaborative efforts
will require new models of gathering, sharing, and analyzmg Information; coordinating
work; and education and training professionals, policymakers! and the public at large as
we travel the information highway to sustainable development These tools exist today for
on-line communities to b« built bv the members, through the open and more readily
accessible Internet
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Meditations on the Internet
prepared for
Brownfields '97 -
Partnering for a Greener Tomorrow
Kansas City, Missouri
September 3-5,1997
by
Rabbi M. L. DuBrow, CED
rmeilech@havienu.org
Project Manager, SelecTOWN, http://www.selectown.com
Spiritual Leader, Havienu L'Shalom, http://www.havienu.org
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Meditations on the Internet Rabbi M. L DuBrow
On the Impact of Technology and the Internet
• Technology, and especially the Internet-driven multimedia revolution, is
changing the way the business world thinks, how businesses, organizations, and
communities market themselves, how they sell, and, most importantly, how they
provide value to their constituencies. It's chaotic, complicated and lots of people
find it uncomfortable. No one truly understands where this revolution is taking
us, reliable guides are hard to find, yet no one can go it alone.
• The Internet is changing so fast that communities, businesses and people don't
really have time to grasp their significance. On the other hand, those that
disregard these "megaleap," that get frustrated with the continuous learning
process, are likely to end up feeling disenfranchised; and once they fall behind
in the endless race to know, catching up will require tremendous determination,
perseverance and resources.
• Technology is forcing communities to reinvent themselves. Stakeholders,
including business, government, and citizenry, must recognize that information
and learning are valuable processes that contribute to the overall growth and
sustainability of the community.
• There are old ways and new ways of accomplishing particular tasks, and the
transition between the two. We are in transition and the tension is high.
• We are living in incredible times. The Web is giving everyone the opportunity to
redefine their roles. It's not often that just anyone can influence their
environment; most of the time we fill prescribe roles.
• The Internet alters the process of economic development; not its purpose.
Purpose has to do with vision. Without vision, information is mere data.
• The payoff comes not from focusing on the end result but from paying close
attention to the way things done. People who work directly with the Internet
know that making assumptions about where it will lead wastes time and usually
results in unsound business decisions.
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Meditations on the Internet Rabbi M. L DuBrow
On Web Site Design
• Creating a Web site is only a first step. Business attraction is incredibly
competitive. Urban centers with large marketing budgets and small rural
communities with volunteer economic development staffs can now vie for the
same relocator via the Web. Communities that use the Internet to provide
valuable information, visual richness, and establish relationships will be the clear
winners.
• When designing a Web site, ask yourself: What is valuable? What is usable?
What is better?
• The biggest challenge is not in mastering Internet technology; the challenge is to
introduce order and opportunity into the chaos of multiple mediums and
breakneck development.
• Web design needs to be focused on building a dynamic system rather than
grouping static parts. When the pace of change speeds up, people tend to get
more small things done, but the result is a lot of disconnected pieces - more of
the same, not something better. Its working with the whole that adds value.
• What's makes a great Web site? Passion, thoughtfulness, truth and accuracy.
• The goal of a Web site, as of any communication, is to evoke a response; good
design turns thought into action.
• Web site creation involves three disciplines: identity design, information design,
and interactivity design.
• Identity design is about who your community is, its vision of itself and its intent.
You can see in a Web's site visual appeal: consistent layout, overall theme or
look, icons and logos, even its backgrounds and use of blank space. Identity
design synthesizes all the things that make up a community's interaction with the
rest of the world. Good identity design on the Web articulates a community's
goals and character consistently; it creates a framework through which the
community finds a cohesive voice, while reflecting cultural, social and business
changes.
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Meditations on the Internet Rabbi M. L DuBrow
• Information design gives data its context. It brings focus and order to the
content and the media expressing it. On the Web, good design results in
navigability: a logical yet non-linear structure, home page table of contents, page
IDs, and anything else that best illuminates the information's overall structure
and the relationship among its components.
• Interactivity design requires looking at how people interact with computers and
content; quantitative and qualitative behavior. Avoid slow load graphics, test
your Web site with different browsers, use audio, video and animation only when
you can answer the question: why is this better?
• A picture is worth a thousand words; but not if it takes more than 30 seconds to
download.
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Meditations on the Internet Rabbi M. L. DuBrow
On Promoting Your Web Site
• A common myth about the creation of Web sites is, "If you build it, they will
come." I can tell you, they won't.
• You spend a lot of time and resources putting together your Web site. But how
is anyone going to find your site among the 85,000 new Web pages posted each
month?
• Create a proactive outbound marketing plan for your Web site. Eight strategies
that should go in the plan for promoting your Web site are:
o Register your site on the top search engines and indexes
n Use newsgroups, emailed newsletter, and subscribe to discussion forums
that reach your target market
D Get on somebody's "What's Cool" lists and win an award
D Build links from Web sites that attract similar audiences
D Append a mini-billboard to all of your outbound email messages
D Send out press releases to Internet media publishers
o Create incentives for viewers to sign your guestbook
n Integrate real world marketing strategies with your Web-based strategies
[Detail at httD://www.selectown.coml
• The key to exploiting marketing opportunities on the Web is through combining
content and communication; build in the content your target audience is looking
for, then communicate it clearly through good design.
• Advertise your Web address in all your print media: business cards, letterhead,
return addresses, brochures, advertisements, promotional items.
• The best way to promote a Web site is through word-of-mouth. Of course, the
only thing that travels faster than word of a good site, is word of a bad one.
Don't make promises you can't keep.
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TEXAS VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM'S
DATABASE INFORMATION MANAGEMENT PROJECT
Chuck Epperson
Manager, Voluntary Cleanup Section, Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
P.O. Box 13087, MC-221
Austin, Texas 78711
(512)239-5891
The EPA is granted permission to reproduce this paper for the Brownfields '97 binder.
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Voluntary Cleanup Program - 6/97
Applications by TNRCC Region (478 Sites)
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Phases of Projects (478 Sites)
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Applicable Risk Reduction/PST Rules (478 Sites)
Voluntary Cleanup Program - 6/97
Types of Facilities (478 Sites)
Voluntary Cleanup Program - 6/97
Contaminant Categories (478 Sites)
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Applicant Type (478 Sites)
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VOLUNTARY CLEANUP PROGRAM DATABASE
This list (data dictionary) is a guide to the Voluntaty Cleanup Program's Database on the Internet located at
http^/wvvw.tnrc&state.tx.us/waste/pcd/vcp. If you have any questions please contact Tammy Svjarfntsev at 512-239-5891
or the TNRCC Help Desk at 512-2394911. This database on the Internet is zipped using PKZIP software. The original software
for the VCP Database is Paradox 5.0 for Windows. The database has been converted into ASCII delmtted for your use to
convert into any software program.
1. Date Revenues Recvd (date application received at Cashier's Office)
2. Date App Recvd (date appfication received at the VCP office)
3. Site (where the site is located)
4. Type Lead (owner, lender, purchaser, bank, etc.)
5. PCA No. (Program Cost Account Number)
6. VCP ID (number assigned by VCP for recordkeeping)
7. Project No. (another number used by TNRCC Finance Division)
8. Project Manager (Who was assigned the project)
9. Phase (Investigation, Remedation, Post-Closure, Complete)
10. Site Address (Where site is located)
11. Lat (Latitude of site), Long (Longitude of site)
12. Acres (Number of acres at the site)
13. Site City (Crty where site is located)
14. County (County where site is located)
15. Region (TNRCC Region depending on county)
16. Type Facility (car dealership, dry cleaners, tie manufacturing, electroplating, etc.)
17. Contaminant Categories (PERC, BTEX. PCBs)
18. Contaminants Identified
19. Media Affected (soBs, groundwater)
20. Off-Site? (Contaminants are migrating off-site, yes, no or suspected)
21. AppBcant (Person submitting application)
22. Applicant First (applicant's first name)
23. Applicant Last
24. Applicant Title
25. AppBcant Address
26. Applicant City
27. Applicant State
28. Applicant Zip
29. Appficant Phone
30. Applicant Fax
31. Baling Company (For TNRCC Financial Purposes)
32. Billing c/o Name
33. Biffing Addresst
34. Biffing Address2
35. Baling City
36. Biffing State
37. Biffing Zip
38. Billing Phone
39. Consultant/Attorney (appficanfs attorney or consultant)
40. Cons/Att First
41. Cons/Att Last
42. Cons/Att Tide
43, Cons/Att Address
44. Cons/Att City
45. Cons/Att State
46. Cons/Att Zip
47. Cons/Att Phone
48. Cons/Att Fax
49. SW No. (TNRCC Solid Waste Registration No.)
50. LPST No. (Leaking Petroleum Storage Registration Tank No.)
51. EPA TXD/CERCUS (EPA Texas ID/CERCUS Registration No.)
52. RCRIS No. (EPA Registration No.)
53. Date/Agreement (Date the agreement was signed by applicant)
54. Rules (Risk Reduction or Petroleum Storage Tank)
55. Standards (Risk Reduction 1,2,3, PST Plan A or Plan B)
56. Final Rpt Rcvd (Date of Final report received from appicant)
57. Cert Issued (Date of Certificate of Completion when issued)
58. C or F? (Type of Certificate Issued either Conditional or Final)
59. Type Remedy? (Remediation Type, Vapor, Excavation, Cap, Pump and Treat)
60. Comments (Any comments on particular site, per project manager)
61. Media (Microfilmed or Paper)
62. Re Location (office or central records)
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Site Name:
Site Address:
Contact Person/Phone #:
Survey Date: _ Certificate of Completion Issuance Date: _ VCP ID # _
1. Is a property transaction anticipated, pending, or completed for the site?
YES NO
2. If no, describe the primary incentive(s) for entering into the VCP: (skip to #15)
3. If yes, what was/will be the date of the property transaction and what was/will be the sale price (or
estimated property value)?
4. Would the sale of this property have likely occurred (or will occur) without the existence of the
VCP?
YES NO
5. If no, please explain the importance of the VCP Certificate of Completion issuance hi
buying/selling the property:
7. Is additional development or redevelopment planned for the property?
YES NO
8. If no, what will occupy the existing site? (skip to
9. If yes, what development or redevelopment is planned and what are the projected costs?
10. What is the schedule for redevelopment (start/finish)?
11. If an out-of-state business will occupy the property, were the incentives offered by the VCP
important in the decision to move to Texas?
YES NO
12. What has been or is anticipated to be the net increase in permanent Jobs within two years after
receiving the Certificate of Completion?
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13. What has been or is anticipated to be the net increase in the appraised property value within two
years after receiving the Certificate of Completion?
14. What other economic impact or community benefits are occurring to the surrounding city
neighborhood or community which may be attributable to this property's development? (e.g.
initiation of other redevelopment, creation of community redevelopment action groups, etc.)
15. Check the following Brownfields characteristics which apply to this property:
Abandoned months/years prior to transaction
Within designated Empowerment Zone or Enterprise Community
Past underutilization, list past uses:
Past tax delinquency ($ )
Past tax idled ( months/years prior to transaction)
16. Indicate the most important benefits for you to enter the VCP and receive a Certificate of
Completion for this site, numbered in the order of importance:
Liability release for future lenders and landowners
Protection from TNRCC enforcement actions
Federal assurances provided by the EPA/VCP Memorandum of Agreement
Timely review by the VCP
Clearly described checklist approach to determine cleanup requirements provided by
using Guidance for Initiating & Reporting Response Actions Conducted Under the VCP
Filing of only the Certificate of Completion when the cleanup achieves the appropriate
health-based level (no separate deed recordation as per the risk reduction rules)
VCP remediation requirements which supersede the risk reduction rules (e.g. standard 3
corrective measure study or response action work plan focused on a selected remedy
rather than comparison of numerous remedies)
Other benefits
17. Please describe any areas within the VCP administrative or technical review process where you
believe improvements should be made:
18. We would like to track both the short and long term success of sites remediated through the VCP.
May we contact you hi the future to request additional information regarding measurable
economic and community successes (e.g. increased number of jobs, increased property value)
realized since the issuance of the VCP certificate of completion?
YES NO
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Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):!
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program Survey Information
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10/28/96
Jefferson @ the North End
161
Y
$5,000,000.00
N
5
Y
50,000,000.00
250
75,000,000.00
Entire deal was predicated upon receipt of
COC. Apartment project will be constructed
on the site. Applicant thinks that an annual
review would be recommended. In other
words, contact the applicant annually about
this site.
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans? :
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
11/19/96
Former Mobil Service Station
174
N
Mobil leased property. Upon termination of
lease, Mobil removed USTs and demolished
station. Property owner requested that Mobil
enter VCP for his protection in future
transactions.
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Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program Survey Information
Page 2
Date Recvd:
Site Name :
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
11/19/96
Lockheed Tract/Bayport Property
231
Y
N
5
Y
150
Vitamin EManufacturing Facility-
Construction to begin early 1997/Japanese
Ownership. You may contact applicant at
any time, but applicant would have more
information at the end of 1997.
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
11/19/96
Lot 37, Brazoria County
209
Y
N
4
N
Lending agencies indicated a willingness to
finance with VCP COC. Land to be
developed in the future. VCP may contact 6
to 12 months (Spring, 1997)
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Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program Survey Information
Pages
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability :
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
12/3/96
Harwobd Hills Village
182
Y
12,600,000.00
N
4
Y
40
2
3
5
4
6
7
Y
VCP permitted the acquisition with seller
maintaining the cleanup risk and not the
buyer. VCP may contact applicant in early
1998.
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7)
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement :
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
12/3/96
Lubbock"Loop" Property
127
Y
N
5
N
1
3
6
2
5
4
Buyer would not accept transfer of the
property until they received a COC. You
may contact applicant at any time.
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Date Recvd: •
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCPMOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?;
Comments:
Texas Voluntary Cleanup Program Survey Information
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1/24/97
Hutchison Hayes International
387
Y
Y
100
3
4
6
2
1
5
Property located next to buyer's existing
facility. Property to be used for expansion
purposes, the buyer is out of state and
viewed the incentives offered by the VCP as
very beneficial. Strengthens the presence of
a nationally recognized company
(Caterpillar) in the local community The
VCP may contact applicant semi-annually.
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7)
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
1/30/97
W. J. Holland Survey
168
Y
$490,000.00
N
5
Y
The interested parties would not take on the
responsibility or liability of contamination so
the VCP in this instance was very helpful.
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Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
2/12/97
Muehlstein Houston Plastics Plant
346
Y
Y
N
VCP was used as a means to expedite the
environmental closure process. The VCP
worked very efficiently. Staff may contact at
any time. Applicant stated that he would not
have much more useful information, since
this site will remain a plastics manufacturing
site without much change in operations.
Date Recvd:
Site Name:
VCP ID:
Property Trans?:
Trans. Sale Price:
Sold w/wo VCP?:
Importance of COC (1-5):
Property Redeveloped?:
What Cost?:
Jobs:
Increase in Prop. Value:
Most/Least Benefits (1-7):
Liability:
Protection -Enforcement:
EPA/VCP MOA:
Timely Review:
RG-215 Checklist:
Filing of COC:
VCP vs RRR:
Can VCP Contact?:
Comments:
2/14/97
Gainesville Municipal Airport
254
Y
$79,039.59
N
5
Y
$800,000.00
20
$1,000,000.00
1
The area is being planned for an Industrial
Park which includes infrastructure
improvements worth about $8,000,000.
There is an opportunity for out of state
companies to locate at this location. Having
VCP in advance will make marketing efforts
much more beneficial. VCP may contact
applicant each January.
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Brownfield Data: Collection, Analysis, and Impact
Based on a set of in-depth interviews, an interactive workshop with interested stakeholders, and
the statistical analysis of a site-ranking survey, a detailed guide book and computer database on
how to collect and display relevant data about brownfield sites was developed. A
summary of our research process, including techniques for developing integrated web-based
information fact sheets using GIS/DSS software, GPS technology, and digital photography, and a
discussion of the multi-faceted applications of the guide book will be presented.
Joshua Donner & Paul Fischbeck
The Brownfields Center
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890
412-268-3240
412-268-6938 (fax)
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Abstract
Stan Hltt
Landview & BRJMS
Geographic Information Systems (CIS), such as ArcVIew, provide valuable means to
organize data and understand their association to physical locations, called spatial
relationships, however the cost of the basic programs along with the necessary data
layers can be very expensive; plus development of specific applications must still be
done by a knowledgeable person.
There is a program in the public domain, and therefore free from license fees, named
LandVIew which provides many of the features of the more sophisticated CIS programs.
It comes complete with demographic data, roads, streets, railroads, creeks, rivers, and
water bodies, as well as seven layers of EPA environmental data and it can run on older
computers.
LandVIew D is currently a DOS program, but is in the process of being upgraded to run
In Windows. These programs are based on TIGER map files which are also used by
several of the expensive commercial GIS programs.
LandVIew allows the creation of customized layers of spatially related data. Municipal*
itles. developers, realltors. bankers, lawyers, as well as community groups might find
this program helpful with regard to data related to the Brownflelds Initiative.
EPA Region 6. based in Dallas, Texas, is developing a front-end module to allow non-
programers to easily generate layers containing Brownfields site-specific data called the
Brownflelds Redevelopment Information Management System (BRIMS). The system is
lathe prototype stage and allows input of data related to brownfield sites. A video
form allows easy data entry. When data Input is complete, the program does, in the
background, things beyond the grasp of the average user, i.e., creating the database.
indexing the files, and making the hooks to LandVIew.
Migration of BRIMS into the Windows version of LandVIew is underway. LandVIew HI
will allow photographs, sketches, or other documents to be linked to site information
via Object Linking and Embedding (OLE), as well as export to the Internet.
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(1M) Solve the RBCA Puzzle
Friday, September 5,1997
10:30 a.m. -12:30 p.m.
Description: Get the latest update on risk-based corrective action (RBCA) and its tools. Learn from those
involved in RBCA at the policy and practical levels. Obtain insights on how stakeholders help shape and support
RBCA policy development and implementation.
Location: Room 1204A-B
Speakers and Affiliation:
Mr. Steven D. McNeely (Moderator)
Mr. Jan P. Mazgaj
Mr. Gerald W. Phillips
Mr. William C. Trumbull
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of
Underground Storage Tanks
HDR Engineering, Inc.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5
City of Chicago, Illinois
MR. STEVEN D. MCNEELY
Steven D. McNeely is an environmental protection specialist with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA)
Office of Underground Storage Tanks (OUST). During his ten years in OUST, he has served as liaison officer for
EPA Regions 4, 5, 6, and 8, and is currently coordinating with Region 2 to develop their state UST programs. As a
member of OUST's Corrective Action Technologies Team (CATT), he has fostered a wide range of projects to
improve the understanding and use of alternative remedial technologies (e.g., alternative to the automatic selection
of pump-and-treat for contaminated groundwater, and excavation-and-removal for contaminated soil) applied at
petroleum release sites. He also serves as the project officer managing EPA's Risk-Based Corrective Action
(RBCA) Training Cooperative Agreement with the American Society of Testing and Materials (ASTM).
On February 26,1997, Mr. McNeely received a Gold Medal from EPA Administrator Carol Browner for managing the
Partnership in RBCA Implementation (PIRI) - a public-private partnership which fosters RBCA training and
implementation in state UST programs.
MR. JAN P. MAZGAJ
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
MR. GERALD W. PHILLIPS
Mr. Phillips has worked in Region 5 since 1976, and has experience in the Clean Water Act, the Hazardous Waste
Program, the Underground Storage Tank Program and the Solid Waste Program. He has a bachelor's and a
master's degrees from the University of New Mexico in Architecture. Mr. Phillips has been active in the development
of risk based decision making tools such as the American Society for Testing and Materials' (ASTM) risk-based
corrective action (RBCA) standards. He also regularly represents the Region on issues related to the redevelopment
of brownfields properties.
MR. WILLIAM C. TRUMBULL
Bill Trumbull is the Assistant Commissioner in the Chicago Department of Environment responsible for the city's
Brownfields Initiative. Prior to working for the city, he was a regulatory issues manager in the Environmental, Health
and Safety Department of Amoco Corporation, focusing on petroleum transportation issues. A highlight of this effort
was working with the U.S. Coast Guard to implement regulations under the Oil Pollution Act of 1990 to protect our
shores from catastrophic oil spills. He began a career in the petroleum industry as an exploration geologist
searching for oil and gas in the eastern Gulf of Mexico. Mr. Trumbull has a Bachelor of Science degree in geological
sciences from Bradley University, and a Master of Science degree in marine sciences from the University of North
Carolina.
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Brownfields '97 — Partnering for a Greener Tomorrow • Brownfields '97 — Partnering for a Greener Tomorrow
DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1M: SOLVE THE RBCA PUZZLE
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U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
Office of Underground Storage Tanks
Our Goal: Good Tank Management is Common Business Practice
OUST'S*
Mission
Contents
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
What Is An Underground Storage Tank (UST) System? Who Do I Contact With My Questions?, What USTs Are
Regulated?, Why Are USTs Regulated?, Acronyms
UST Program Priorities
1998 Deadline for Upgrading, Replacing, or Closing UST Systems, Risk-Based Decision-Making (including
Risk-Based Corrective Action or "RBCA"), State Program Support, Privatization
Regional EPA UST Offices
Locations of EPA Regional
Offices, Links to Regional Offices
1998 Deadline for Upgrading. Replacing, or Closing UST Systems
Frequently Asked Questions, Upcoming Regulatory Deadline for Owners and Operators (December 22, 1998)
State. Local. & Tribal Governments
Financial Assistance for Owners and Operators, State Assurance Funds, State Program Approval, Links to State Programs
A-
Proper Operation of UST Systems
Frequently Asked Questions, Leak Detection, Spill & Overfill Prevention, Corrosion Protection, Closure
2ft Working With the Private Sector
Bankers & Lenders, Insurers, Realtors, Third-Party Service Providers
Cleanup of UST System Releases
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Frequently Asked Questions, Making Cleanups Faster, Cleaner, and Cheaper; Brownfields; Risk-Based Decision-Making
(including Risk-Based Corrective Action or "RBCA"); Alternative Technologies
Legislation and Regulations
40 CFR Parts 280,281, and 282; Federal Register Notices, and Policy Directives
Publications & Other Information Resources
List of OUST Publications and Materials, Links to Other Web Sites
[ EPA Home Page || OSWER Home Page || Feedback ]
URL: http://www.epa.gov/OUST/index.htm
Maintained by:
Hal White
U.S. EPA/OSWER/OUST
white.hal@epamail.epa.gov
Project Advisor: Dana Tulis
U.S. EPA/OSWER/OUST
Last Updated: July 24,1997
There have been visitors to this page since August 30,1996.
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http://www.epa.gov/OUST/
EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks is "on the-Web"...
Come to OUST's Home Page on the World Wide Web. Our Internet address is:
http://www.epa.gov/OUST/
The OUST Home Page can help you:
• Find answers to frequently asked questions
• Discover what's new at OUST
• Access publications about USTs...read them online, download them, or order copies
• Explore the compliance requirements for meeting the 1998 deadline
• Cover the latest information on cleaning up UST releases, from riskbased decision-making
to brownfields to pay-for-performance cleanup agreements
• Check on private sector activities
• Refer to federal UST laws and regulations
• Get information on EPA Regional UST offices and state, Local, and
Tribal Government programs
There's much more on OUST's Home Page. See the back of this sheet for a view
of the home Page...then come explore our Web site!
http://www.epa.gov/OUST/
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(1N) A National Vision of Public Health at Brownfields Properties
Thursday, September 4, 1997
8:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
Description: Come discuss a public health approach to the Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative.
Representatives of public health organizations will discuss their perspectives on brownfields and health issues.
Location: Room 2218
Speakers and Affiliation:
Dr. Barry Johnson (Moderator)
Ms. Ilisa M. Halpern
Dr. Robert R. Jacobs
Ms. Martha R. Walters
U.S. Public Health Service
American Public Health Association
University of Alabama
City of San Francisco, California
DR. BARRY JOHNSON
Dr. Johnson serves as the assistant administrator of the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
(ATSDR), U.S. Public Health Service, Atlanta, Georgia. ATSDR is one of the 8 agencies that constitute the Public
Health Service. The Agency's mission is to prevent or mitigate adverse human health effects as a consequence of
exposure to hazardous substances in the environment. As assistant administrator, Dr. Johnson is responsible for
the Agency's programs and overall direction. He holds the rank of assistant surgeon general in the Public Health
Service. Prior to assuming his current position in 1986, he was director of the Division of Biomedical and Behavioral
Science at the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), located in Cincinnati, Ohio. His
NIOSH responsibilities included research programs in the areas of toxicology, ergonomics, physical agents, and
occupational stress.
Dr. Johnson's professional contributions have been in the areas of neurotoxicology, ergonomics, environmental
toxicology, and environmental policy. He is a member of the editorial boards of Archives of Environmental Health,
NeuroToxicology, Toxicology and Industrial Health, Contaminated Soils, and Journal of Clean Technology and
Environmental Sciences. He has co-edited four books concerning neurotoxicology and environmental health. Dr.
Johnson is a member of the Governing Council for the Society of Occupational and Environmental Health and is a
consultant to the World Health Organization on neurotoxicology and environmental science. He received his
doctorate in biomedical engineering from Iowa State University. He is the recipient of various medals for
Distinguished Service, Meritorious Service, Outstanding Service, and Commendation. He is currently working on a
book about public health and hazardous waste.
Ms. ILISA M. HALPERN
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
DR. ROBERT R. JACOBS
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
Ms. MARTHA R. WALTERS
[Biography was not available at time of printing. Please refer to conference addendum.]
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DOCUMENTS THAT SUPPORT
PANEL 1N: A NATIONAL VISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH AT BROWNFIELDS
PROPERTIES
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A FEDERAL PUBLIC HEALTH PERSPECTIVE ON BROWNFIELDS. Barry L. Johnson, Ph.D., Assistant
Surgeon General, Assistant Administrator, Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta,
Georgia 30333.
Uncontrolled hazardous waste sites in general represent a threat to human health, according to over a
decade of data collected by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR). The
degree of hazard varies according to each site's environmental conditions, and therefore each site must
be evaluated on it* individual characteristics. As developed and practiced by ATSDR and state hearth
departments, the public health assessment of hazardous waste sites effectively joins environmental
and human health evaluations of sites. Moreover, experience in working with communities impacted by
hazardous waste sites shows the importance of community involvement in matters of site assessment,
remediation, and monitoring. Local health departments are essential resources to communities,
providing services that include prevention of infectious diseases to environmental health inspections.
Local public health officials are uniquely positioned to provide health assessments of brownfield sites
and coordinate local community involvement. There is already a small database which is based on
public health experience that identifies local health departments as essential partners in Brownfields
actions and decisions. Instances will be described for which brownfield-like community actions
occurred in the abaenoe of local public health involvement. Some such examples ultimately required a
public health response when hazardous substances were subsequently found to present a threat to
community health. From a federal public health perspective, brownfield programs should engage local
health departments in decision-making on matters of site characterization, remediation, risk
communication, and monitoring. A plan that incorporates federal, state, and local health agencies to
assure adequate training, education, and resources for local health departments will be described.
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