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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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