Liiki lV CovjiTjijri tv Rcvit.ilizj|tiaii BROWNFIELDS BROWNFIELDS WHAT'S NEW April 24, 2008 vvEPA New England In This Issue Page 1 > Announcing Our New Grantees! >- Congrats to the Brownfields Team of the Year! > Brownfields 2008 Conference > EPA Brownfields 2008 Awards Training > EJ Small Grants Program Funds Available Page 2 > Free Smart Growth Technical Help is Available! > Nuts and Bolts of Redeveloping Brownfields > LID for Big Box Sites > Environmental Justice (EJ) Newsletter > New England States Brownfields Websites > Newest Success Stories Announcing Our New Grantees! On April 7, 2008, the annual announcements were made for this year's round of successful EPA Brownfields grant recipients. See the press release for full details! Brownfields Congrats to the Brownfields Team of the Year! On March 19, 2008, EPA's Bob Varney and Ira Leighton announced that the winners of the 2008 QSWER National Notable Achievement Award for the national "Brownfields Team of the Year" are our own Jim Byrne and Alan Peterson of the Brownfields Section, along with Nora Conlon of our QA Section. The team was selected for their collaborative efforts to restructure, reorganize and reinvigorate the Brownfields Quality Assurance program, resulting in more efficient and better quality brownfields work performed in the Region by EPA's contractors and its grantees. GOOD JOB! Bi fownfields D loadmap^ m to Devitalization^ MAY 5-7, 2008 - COBO CENTER , DETROIT, M I Coming up very soon is the National Brownfields Conference from May 5-7, 2008 at Detroit Cobo Center, in Detroit, Michigan. • On-Line Conference Pre-Registration is now closed; however, you can still register on-site at the Cobo Center starting on Sunday May 4, 2008. Go to the web site to learn more about on-site registration. • Online registration for the Mobile Workshops and Walking Tours is now closed. • Please feel free to call the toll-free number 1-877-343- 5374 with any questions about the conference! EPA Brownfields 2008 Awards Training The EPA Brownfields team will hold information sessions for all of the recently-announced award winners, to help with forms and a workplan so that the funds can be received. EVERYONE who was awarded a grant this year needs to attend ONE of the three dates, even if you had a grant with us in the past. Sessions will be 8:30 am to noon on Monday April 28; Wednesday April 30; and Friday May 2, 2008. Location: EPA Lab, Chelmsford. Mass. If you haven't already done so, please e-mail Jessica with your attendees and date. ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE EJ Small Grants Program Funds Available On April 8, 2008, the EPA announced the availability of funds for the 2008 Environmental Justice (EJ) Small Grants Program. The application closing date is June 30, 2008. In 2007, $1 million was awarded among 20 entities - two in each EPA Region. See EPA's EJ web site for more details. 1 of 2 ------- Free Smart Growth Technical Help is Available! Are you trying to implement smart growth techniques? Are issues with policy and public engagement hampering your efforts? Do you need help? The application period for the EPA Smart Growth Implementation Assistance Program is about to close. The last day for applications is May 8, 2008. Please click here for more information and application materials. Experts will provide free technical assistance to communities, regions, or states, and will provide evaluation tools and expert analysis. Selected communities will receive assistance in the form of a multi-day visit from a team of experts organized by EPA and other national partners. Nuts & Bolts of Redeveloping Brownfields This training course addresses the issues and obstacles faced by Local Governments in redeveloping contaminated properties for productive reuse. Dates are July 21 - 25, 2008. Being held for the 4th consecutive year in Kansas City, Missouri, participants learn how many communities have overcome obstacles and stimulated successful redevelopment by characterizing and assembling parcels, cleaning up sites, and using public and private funds to attract redevelopment. The course fee is $395 per participant, which includes a continental breakfast and lunch. Rooms are separate. Registration is now open and available on-line at this website. 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 ID Center's website . 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. ATLANTIC OCEAN New England States Brownfields Websites 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! 30 Allen Street Newest Success Stories View the newest EPA Brownfields Success Stories by clicking on Goodwin College, East Hartford. CT; 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 arid 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. JfcL BROWNFIELDS Add me to What's New updates! Remove me from What's New updates! 2 of 2 ------- |