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BROWNFIELDS
BROWNFIELDS
WHAT'S NEW
March 14, 2008
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New England
ASSESSMENT CLEANUP &
REDEVELOPMENT EXCHANGE SYSTEM
ACRES On-Line Training
Attention, EPA Brownfields grantees - Coming up next
week is the re-scheduled date of March 19, 2008,11:00
am for on-line training. Click here to see the schedule.
ACRES is the easy-to-use online reporting tool for EPA's
grantees to submit project data.
Environmental Justice (EJ) is the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race,
color, national origin, or income with respect to the
development, implementation, and enforcement of
environmental laws, regulations, and policies. Learn
more at EPA New England's EJ Website, and find out
how to receive a newsletter at EJ News.

Workshop - Remediation of Chlorinated
Solvents
A Workshop is coming up on Wednesday April 9, 2008
at the Westford Regency in Westford, MA. The
workshop brochure is attached and the website with
registration is: NEWMOA Workshop Site
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The next National Brownfields Conference will be from
May 5-7, 2008 at Detroit Cobo Center, Detroit, Ml.
•	Conference registration is still open. Go to the
registration page to register now!
•	Online registration for the Mobile Workshops and
Walking Tours is now open. Check out the list,
including kayaking, and sign up — these always fill up!
•	The Brownfields 2008 Educational Program is Live
Online. Start planning your schedule today.
•	Brownfields 2008 Goes Carbon Neutral For the first
time in the 13-year history of the National Brownfields
Conference, Brownfields 2008 will be carbon neutral.
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Green Affordable Housing Grant
Grant dollars are available, courtesy of the Enterprise
Green Communities program! Grant Funds up to
$50,000 per project are now available for developers
committed to providing green affordable housing.
Applications must be received online by April 11, 2008.
Awards are expected to be made by the last week of
June 2008. Visit the areen communities website for
more info!
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Sustainable Watersheds Workshop
This Massachusetts Watershed Coalition workshop on
March 20, 2008 in Leominster, MA is free (made
possible by a grant from the Massachusetts
Environmental Trust). Refreshments will be provided.
Time is 5:00 pm to 7:30 pm. Pre-registration is
requested, please email or call (978) 534-0379 to
register, or for more information.
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Maine DEP - Fluorescent Light Bulb Info
Maine DEP is releasing a study that examines the
impact of mercury levels in a home resulting from
breaking a compact fluorescent light (CFL). EPA and the
states strongly encourage the proper disposal and
recycling of CFLs at the end of their useful life. In fact,
state laws in Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire
and Vermont prohibit disposal of mercury-containing
bulbs in the trash.
Click for More Info.
Massachusetts Smart Growth/Smart Energy
Toolkit
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has published a
new version of its Smart Growth/Smart Energy Toolkit. It
is available online, or a disk can be mailed to you. One
of the new features of this version of the toolkit is a
module on Brownfields redevelopment.
Want a quick link to the Brownfields web sites of the
various New England state governments, to see what's
happening there? Click CT, MA, ME. NH. Rl, or VT!
Rebirth at the River's Edge
The RiversEdge project now has its web site up and
running. This project by the Mystic Valley Development
Commission (the "MVDC") involves the cities of Everett,
Maiden, and Medford, MA. The developer is Preotle,
Lane & Associates Ltd. Click on Website to learn more
about this multi-partner brownfields success.
Reducing Stormwater Costs Through LID
Everyone would use Low Impact Development (LID)
methods on their brownfields projects if they didn't, cost
so much, right? Learn how LID can REDUCE costs!
View the new EPA report "Reducing Stormwater Costs
through Low impact Development (LID) Strategies and
Practices," with case studies from across North America
that show the economic viability of LID practices. See
Reducing Stormwater Costs through LID.
The Low Impact
Development Center, fnc.
LID for Big Box Sites
Here's a good document that was produced by the Low
Impact Development Center as guidance specifically for
big-box retailers to show them (and jurisdictions that
work with them) how they can use LID to make their
sites more water-friendly. The LID Center partnered with
Target Corporation in developing the document. You
can see the document on the LID Center's website .
Newest Success Stories
View the newest EPA Brownfields Success Stories by
clicking on
Goodwin College. East Hartford, CT;
Sipavik Corner Store. Pleasant Point Reservation. ME;
Knowles Mills. Richmond, Rl: or
30 Allen Street. Somerville, MA.
Send your Brownfields-related items for inclusion in this
newsletter to Steve Chase at chase.steve@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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