Brownfields News and Events Archive - 1998

Note: This information is provided for reference purposes only. Although the information provided here was accurate and current when first created, it is now outdated.

• Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches
• Meetings and Deadlines
• Reports and Documents

Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches

• Administrator Carol Browner's Speech at Brownfields '98  
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  November 16, 1998.

• EPA Announces 11 Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots.
  Press Advisory
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  August 14, 1998
  More information on the Job Training Pilots.
  
  
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Brownfields Economic Development Initiative
  Information on the Super Notice of Funding Availability (SuperNOFA) for Economic Development and Empowerment Programs.
  Application deadline was August 10, 1998.
  
  
• Administrators Browner's Remarks at the Environmental Justice Roundtable.
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  July 17, 1998
  
  
• Vice President Gore Announces 71 New Brownfields Redevelopment Grants
  White House Press Release
  [ HTML (5K) | PDF (6K) 2 Pages ]
  July 15, 1998

  More information on the Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots.
  
  

• ATSDR Announces Availability of Funds for Public Health Interventions Around Brownfields Properties.
  Application deadline was August 10, 1998.
  Federal Register Notice
  Volume 63, Number 126, Page 35933-35937
  [ HTML (5K) | PDF (38K) 5 pages ]

• Administrator Browner's letter to the U.S. Conference of Mayors regarding Brownfields and Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964
  [ HTML (8K) | PDF (29K) 3 Pages ]
  June 18, 1998
  
  
• Federal Housing Finance Board Federal Home Loan Bank Standby Letters of Credit
  Deadline for Comments was August 6, 1998
  Federal Register Notice
  Volume 63, Number 126, Page 25726-25733
  [ HTML (56K) | PDF (59K) 8 pages ]
  May 8, 1998
  
  
• Federal Housing Finance Board Proposed Rules for Community Investment Cash Advances Program and Federal Home Loan Bank Standby Letters of Credit
  Deadline for Comments was August 6, 1998
  Federal Register Notice
  Volume 63, Number 126, Page 25717-25726
  [ HTML (60K) | PDF (70K) 10 pages ]
  May 8, 1998
  
  
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Economic Development Initiative
  For information on the availability of $28 million for FY 1998 EDI grants under SuperNOFA II, click here.
  Application deadline was July 30, 1998.
  
  
• EPA Announces Half Million for Projects Harmonizing Air Quality and Economic Progress in Chicago, Dallas and Baltimore.
  Press Advisory
  [ HTML (3K) | PDF (6K) 1 Page ]
  Fact Sheet
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  More information on Brownfields and Title VI.
  
  

• Environmental Monitoring for Public Access and Community Tracking (EMPACT) Grants Competition Announced.
  The original March 2, 1998 deadline for Letters of Intent was extended. Full applications were due May 15, 1998.
  Grant Competition Announcement
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  To go to the EMPACT Homepage, click here.
  
  

• EPA Announces 36 New Brownfields Redevelopment Grants
  Press Release
  [ HTML (26K) | PDF (24K) 8 pages ]
  May 6, 1998

  More information on the Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots.
  
  

• Federal Partnership Chooses 16 Brownfields Showcase Communities
  Showcase Communities General Fact Sheet
  [ HTML (10K) | PDF (55K) 3 pages ]
  Showcase Communities White House Press Release
  [ HTML (21K) | PDF (28K) 8 pages ]
  March 17, 1998
  Showcase Communities Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Press Release
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  March 17, 1998
  
  More information on the Brownfields Showcase Communities.
  

Meetings and Deadlines

• On November 16 -18, 1998, EPA co-sponsored Brownfields '98: The Basics and Beyond Showcasing Successful Partnerships in Los Angeles, California.
  
  A brief description of Brownfields '98.
  
  More information on Brownfields Conferences.
  
  
• During July 12 -24, 1998, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Morgan State University co-sponsored the EPA Summer Teachers' Institute, for the sixth consecutive year. This year, the Institute was held at the Morgan State University campus in Northeast Baltimore.
  
  
  
• National Environmental Justice Advisory Council (NEJAC) Meetings
  • May 31-June 3, 1998 in Oakland, California
  • February 23-24 1998, in Arlington, Virginia
  • December 8-10 1997, in Durham, North Carolina
    Notice
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  Go to the NEJAC Homepage.  
  
  

• The Journal of Natural Resources and Environmental Law (JNREL) Symposium on Brownfields was held in Lexington, Kentucky on April 3 and 4, 1998. JNREL is a legal journal published at the University of Kentucky College of Law. The topic of this year's symposium was brownfields law and policy.

  Go to the JNREL Homepage.  
  
  

• Americans for Indian Opportunity (AIO), an EPA cooperative agreement recipient, hosted a grant writing workshop on February 23-24, 1998 in Denver, Colorado.

  The purpose of this AIO workshop was to assist tribes in submitting Brownfields pilot grant applications for the March 23, 1998 deadline.

  Go to the AIO Homepage.  

Reports and Documents

• Brownfields Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Administrative Manual now available
  More information.
  
  
• Brownfields Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Model Term & Conditions now available
  More information.