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Brownfields Training,
Research, and Technical
Assistance Grant Fact Sheet
U.S. Conference of
Mayors
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. EPA
provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through assistance agreements to provide training,
research, and technical assistance to facilitate
brownfields revitalization.
Organization Description
The U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) is the
official nonpartisan organization of cities with popula-
tions of 30,000 or more. There are 1,139 such cities in
the United States today, and each city is represented in
the Conference by its mayor. USCM works to pro-
mote the development of effective national urban/
suburban policy, strengthen federal-city relationships,
ensure that federal policy meets urban needs, provide
mayors with leadership and management tools, and
create a forum in which mayors can share ideas and
information. The Conference of Mayors has worked
on the issue of brownfields since 1993 when EPA
announced the first round of its brownfield pilot
grants.
Research,
Best Practices, and
Job Training Pilot
Grantee:
U.S. Conference of Mayors
Project Focus:
Research and Technical Assistance for Local Govern-
ments
Project Period:
October 2005 to September 2008
Project Description:
USCM published Recycling America's Land: A
National Report on Brownfields Redevelopment,
Volume 7 in May 2006. The purpose of this report is
to compile information from the nation's cities on the
status of brownfields and the impact these properties
have on communities. The report was based on
voluntary responses to questions from USCM's annual
questionnaire provided from over 200 cities represent-
ing 41 different states and territories. USCM also
published Best Practices in Brownfields Redevelop-
ment: A Collection of Case Studies, Volume 2. The
report catalogued brownfield redevelopment success
stories throughout the nation, and included the site
history, the type of contamination, how the project
was financed, the type of redevelopment that oc-
curred, and it explored the aspects that made the
project successful. Additionally, USCM expanded its
National Brownfields database and web site, and
created a brownfields e-mail and list serve, which
allows Brownfield Coordinators and City Planners to
e-mail fellow City Brownfield Staff through a single
address.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-239
September 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit the
EPA Brownfields web site at: http://www.epa.gov/
brownfields or call 202.566.2777.
For further information about the USCM and its
brownfields activities visit: http://www.usmayors.org/
uscm/home.asp or call 202.293.7330.
*The information on this fact sheet is subject to
change.
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