United States
     Environmental Protection
     Agency
         Center for Creative Land Recycling
           Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB)
                        Communities  Fact Sheet
     Provider Information
Tab Provider:

Center for Creative Land Recycling

EPA Regions Served:

2, 4, 9, 10

Areas of Expertise:

Custom trainings, a resource center
approach to providing assistance,
and specialized technical assistance
to stakeholders inbrownfields
redevelopment
            Contacts
For further information about the
Center for Creative Land Recycling
and its technical assistance to
brownfields communities, visit
www.cclr.org/resources or call
(415) 398-1080, or visit www.
ColoradoBrownfieldsFoundation.org or
call (303) 962-0942.

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
www.epa.gov/brownfields or call
(202) 566-2777.
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, tribes, communities, and other stakeholders to
work together to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield
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.
The TAB Program funds organizations such as the Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR
or "see clear") who, through a large team and network of partner organizations, provide technical
assistance to communities and other stakeholders helping them tackle the challenge of assessing.
cleaning up and preparing brownfields sites for redevelopment,  especially underserved, rural.
small, and otherwise  distressed communities. Technical assistance being provided through
CCLR's TAB Program helps communities across the country increase their understanding and
involvement in brownfields cleanup and revitalization and moves brownfields  sites forward
in the process  toward cleanup and reuse. CCLR, through the TAB Program,  among other
things, serves as an independent resource assisting communities with community involvement.
better understanding the health impacts of brownfield sites, science and technology relating
to brownfield site assessment, remediation, and site preparation activities, brownfield finance
questions,  information on  integrated approaches to brownfield cleanup and redevelopment.
facilitating stakeholder involvement, identifying sources of brownfields assessment and cleanup
funding, understanding and complying with state brownfields and voluntary cleanup program
requirements, and facilitating redevelopment activities.

Organization Description
CCLR is a nonprofit organization focused on creating sustainable communities by identifying
and implementing responsible patterns of land use and development. CCLR promotes the reuse
and recycling of previously developed and passed-over land and buildings in both urban and
rural areas, with a focus on brownfields.

Technical Assistance Provided
CCLR provides an online resource  center—the Brownfields Resource Center—that offers
information on funding, the regulatory process, news, contacts and other resources for each of
the states in the three western regions. It also builds custom trainings for stakeholders interested
in brownfields redevelopment. Other forms of technical assistance to stakeholders with limited
resources include: help with inventories; strategic planning and  execution; environmental site
assessment review; remedial action planning and regulatory facilitation; negotiations support.
risk management review;  community involvement;  and assistance with deal structuring and
brownfields financing.
Solid Waste and Emergency Response (51
February 2013
www.epa.gov/brownfields
EPA-560-F-13-004

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