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Brownfields Training, Research,

     and Technical Assistance

           Grant Fact Sheet


      National  Brownfield

           Associations

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, tribes.
communities, 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
funds eligible applicants through assistance agreements to
provide training, research, and technical assistance to
facilitate brownfields revitalization.

Organization Description

The National Brownfield Associations (NBA) manages
chapter networks in 21 states and provinces, and provides
more than 1,200 members with the best information,
education, and events for sustainable brownfield
development. The NBA's network and chapters are
constantly expanding. The NBA's goal is to have chapters
in all 50 U.S. states by 2012. The NBA has prepared and
offered many successful educational programs and has
received funding from other federal, state, provincial, and
city government agencies in the United States and
Canada.

Project  Description

NBA will  develop a comprehensive, five-year nationwide
outreach campaign that will inform stakeholders,
including local leaders, about sustainable development
practices related to brownfields cleanup and reuse, and
about the key resources that are available at the national
and local levels. This campaign will include developing a
course on  sustainable development and reuse of
brownfields and offering it in all 50 states to a wide range
of public and private stakeholders. Priority will be given
to stakeholders from underserved and smaller
communities, as well as to communities with severe
redevelopment challenges. The NBA also will compile a
                                                      Connecting Communities  to
                                                      Sustainable Developmen'
 Grantee:
 National Brownfield Associations

 Project Focus:
 Inform Local Leaders About Sustainable Development
 Practices

 Project Period:
 October 2008 to September 2013

 Estimated Annual Funding Amount:
 $150,000
 Contacts
 For further information about the National Brownfield
 Associations and its brownfields technical assistance
 activities, visit http://www.brownfieldassociation.org. For
 more information about this project, call 773-714-0407,
 ext. 126.

 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.

 * The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
 the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
 this information. The implementation plan for the grant
 has  not yet been finalized. Therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
State Resources Guide for each state that will be
distributed on a CD and posted on the NBA web site for
broader public access.
                                                          Solid Waste and
                                                          Emergency Response
                                                          (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-08-283
                         September 2008
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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