L.ll.J Brownfields 2009
> NBA CleanUp GreenUp Workshop
> New EPA Region 1 Regional Administrator Announced
> ICMA Northeast Regional Summit
> EPA Region 1 is Moving!
> EPA New England Low Impact Development (LID)
Website
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> Build Boston
> American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
> NBA-The Big Deal 2010
> Environmental Justice Small Grants Announcement
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> WEBINAR SERIES: Brownfields Management &
Sustainable Development Strategies for the 21st
Century and Beyond
> BioCycle West Coast Conference Call for Papers
> 15tn Annual Business of Brownfields (BoB) Conference
> NEXUS Green Building Resource Center, Boston, MA
New Orleans November 16-18
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www.brownfields2009.org
Brownfields 2009
November 16-18, 2009 in New Orleans
It's finally here! EPA Region 1 will be at Booth 507.
Hope to see you there. Go to Conference Website.
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NBA CleanUp GreenUp Workshop
Wednesday, December 9, 2009
The Boston Public Library, 700 Boylston Street, Copley
Square, Boston MA
This workshop will provide private- and public-sector
professionals with the tools and information they need
to make better green policy/project decisions. The day-
long, comprehensive training will be held in Atlanta,
Boston, Chicago, New York City, San Francisco and
Seattle between October 2009 and September 2010
(scroll down to see the workshop schedule).
Workshops will be held in close proximity to public
transportation to encourage participants to reduce their
carbon footprint.
Click here for more information and to register
/JJ\ H. Curtis "Curt" Spalding to be the
I s§z? I Agency's Regional Administrator for
EPA's Region 1
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator
Lisa P. Jackson announced President Barack Obama's
selection of H. Curtis "Curt" Spalding to be the
Agency's Regional Administrator for EPA's Region 1.
See News Release
IGMA
leaders at the Core of Better Communities
Northeast Regional
Summit
March 25-26, 2010
Admiral Fell Inn
Baltimore, MD21231
This is ICMA's networking and professional development
opportunity for members and state officers in the
Northeast. All ICMA members and state officers in
Connecticut, Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maine,
Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey,
New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont
are invited to attend the ICMA Northeast Regional
Summit.
• Conference Website & Registration
f/EPAi
United States
Environmental Protection
i Agency New England
EPA Region 1 is Moving!
As of November 23, 2009, the EPA Region 1
Brownfields Section will be located in the McCormick
Building at Post Office Square in Boston. Our phone
numbers and email will not change but our new mailing
address is:
United States Environmental Protection Agency
5 Post Office Square - Suite 100
Mail Code: OSRR07-2
Boston, MA 02109-3912
EPA New England Low
Impact Development (LID)
Website
The new and improved LID topic
page has now available at:
http://www.epa.qov/reqion1/topics/
water/lid, html
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Build Boston
November 18-20, 2009
Seaport World Trade
Center, Boston, MA
Build BOSTON
New economy. New climate. New thinking.
Build Boston is the largest regional convention and
tradeshow for the design and construction industry. In
this 25th anniversary year, over 250 exhibits fill the
tradeshow floor and more than 200 workshops, tours
and other professional development and networking
events are offered.
• Conference Website
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ase Control and Prevention!
American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009
Communities Putting Prevention to Work
Funding Opportunity Number: CDC-RFA-DP09-
912ARRA09
Applications due December 1, 2009
The Centers for Disease Control & Prevention has
published a funding opportunity announcement entitled,
"American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009:
Communities Putting Prevention to Work".
Approximately $373 million will be available in fiscal year
2009 to fund thirty to forty awards. The purpose of this
FOA is to create healthier communities through
sustainable, proven, population-based approaches such
as broad-based policy, systems, organizational and
environmental changes in communities and schools.
Go to the announcement at Grants.gov for eligibility,
additional information and application requirements.
NBA-The Big Deal 2010
Atlanta, Georgia
March 23 & 24, 2010
The record recession we are
in is fraught with challenges,
but it's also a time to
discover new opportunities. Get energized to revitalize!
The National Brownfield Associations is leading the way.
This flagship summit will host the best minds in the
industry to share experiences and answer your
questions at 25 information-rich sessions on today's
most relevant land development, real estate and
brownfield-related topics.
THE BIG DEAL:
i ATLANTA 2010
MARCH 23 & 24
• Conference Website
• Register Today!
• Call for Properties
• Project Tours
Environmental Justice Small
Grants Announcement -
Due January 8, 2010
The Environmental Justice Small
Grants Program (EJSG), supports and empowers
communities working on solutions to local environmental
and public health issues. The closing date for the RFA is
January 8th, 2010.
This year the program is emphasizing the need to
address the disproportionate impacts of climate change
in communities with environmental justice concerns.
There is a well-established scientific consensus that
climate change will cause disproportionate impacts upon
vulnerable populations. As stated in the Technical
Support Document for the Endangerment and Cause or
Contribute Findings for Greenhouse Gases under
Section 202(a) of the Clean Air Act (April 2009), "Within
settlements experiencing climate change, certain
parts of the population may be especially
vulnerable; these include the poor, the elderly, those
already in poor health, the disabled, those living alone,
those with limited rights and power (such as recent
immigrants with limited English skills), and/or indigenous
populations dependent on one or a few resources.
For the guidance document go to:
http://www.epa.gov/compliance/resources/publications/ei
/grants /rfa-small-grant-2010.pdf
For questions contact Sheila Lewis:
lewis.sheila@epa.gov
Pre-Application Assistance for EJ Small
Grants RFA
EPA's Office of Environmental Justice (OEJ) is holding a
series of EJSG pre-application conferences calls in
November and December. Applicants are invited to
participate in conference calls with EPA to address
questions about the EJSG Program. The following are
the conference call dates and times. Please send an
e-mail to Sheila Lewis at lewis.sheila@epa.gov and
provide the following information: (1) your name; (2) the
name of your organization; (3) the address of your
organization; (4) your phone number; (5) and the
preferred date for the call.
Date
November 10, 2009
December 03, 2009
December 17, 2009
Time (Eastern)
1:30-2:30 p.m.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
1:30-2:30 p.m.
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WEBINAR SERIES: Brownfields Management &
Sustainable Development Strategies for the
21s* Century and Beyond
Presented by UCLA's Southern California Education and
Research Center
Weekly from January 21-May 20, 2010
Thursdays 10-11 am Pacific Time
• Learning Segment 1-Sustainable
Environmental/Brownfields Site Management
(January 21 to February 25-6 sessions)
• Learning Segment II - Cutting Edge On-Site Soil
& Groundwater Remediation Solutions (March 4
to April 15-7 sessions)
• Learning Segment Ill-Beyond Compliance -
Proactive Sustainable Development (April
22-May 20-5 sessions)
This revolutionary interdisciplinary 18-session webinar
offers a unique opportunity to learn both the theory and
practice of sustainable environmental management. An
interactive "hands-on" case history practitioner training
approach will be utilized to cover the engineering,
scientific, legal, political, and ethical dimensions of
environmental sustainability. An internationally
recognized team of chief executive officers, senior
environmental consultants, professional engineers, and
LEED accredited professionals will lead participants
through the body of knowledge needed to practice in the
21st century and beyond as sustainable environmental
development program managers.
Click here for more information and to register.
COMPOSTING,
ORGANICS RECYCLING
RENEWABLE ENER
BioCycle West Coast Conference Call for
Papers
Call for Papers open until November 30, 2009
15*n Annual Business of Brownfields (BoB)
Conference
April 19 - 21, 2010
Sheraton Station Square Hotel, Pittsburgh, PA
Every year the Business of Brownfields Conference
highlights the technical, legal and financial aspects of
brownfields reclamation and development.
Professionals from all aspects of the industry including
the public sector, owners, the private sector including
consulting, contractors, legal, and financing are all at the
BoB every year!
The call for papers is currently open! Due January 24,
2010.
The 2010 Technical program of the conference will
feature the five main actions of brownfields
development:
• Public Health/Institutional Controls
• Marketing & Finance
• Working within Legal/Regulatory Framework
• Site Characterization
• Site Remediation
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GIMI> Bi/MIno l««urc« Ce««
NEXUS Green Building
Resource Center, Boston, MA
CRT is the Massachusetts Affiliate
of the United States Green Building Council (USGBC).
The NEXUS center includes over 9,000 square feet of
product showroom, resource and samples libraries, and
networking and event space.
• Visit Nexus
• Schedule of Events
Send your Brownfields-related items for inclusion in this
newsletter to Joe Ferrari at ferrari.ioe@epa.gov.
Disclaimer: Some of the events, articles and websites listed in
this newsletter are non-EPA sponsored events and websites.
EPA is providing them for your information only and is not
responsible for the content of the websites or the information
distributed at a non-EPA listed event.
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