Brownfields News and Events Archive - 1999

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 Although the information provided here was accurate and current when first created, it is now outdated.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

• Dec. 22, 1999 - EPA is accepting proposals for supplemental assistance for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots until Dec. 22.
  Assessment pilots awarded on or before Sept. 30 1998, may apply for up to $150,0000 for continuance and expansion of their brownfields assessment efforts.
  
  For more information, visit guidelines, and press releases.
  
  
• Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda
  To view the new Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda accomplishments report, click here.
  
  
• Brownfields '99 Program Guide Released (November 23, 1999)
  Brownfields '99 Program Guide
  

  For more information, visit the Brownfields '99 home page.

• Proposal Guidelines for Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots
  The Environmental Protection Agency will begin accepting applications for Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots through March 3, 2000. The application period will close March 3, 2000 and the Agency intends to competitively select ten Pilots by May, 2000.

  Proposal Guidelines
  [ HTML (55K) | PDF (56K) 18 pages ]
  Publication Number: EPA 500-F-99-291
  November 1999


Federal Register Notice
Volume 64, Number 220, Page 62200-62201
[ HTML (6K) | PDF (21K) 2 pages]
November 16, 1999

For more information, visit our Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots Application Information page.
• EPA Expects to Fund 50 New Brownfields Pilots in 2000
  EPA is accepting proposals for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots which are each funded up to $200,000 over two years. EPA expects to select 50 National brownfields assessment pilots by April 2000. All applications must be postmarked no later than Feb. 16, 2000.

Press Announcement
[HTML (2K) ]
October 7, 1999

Federal Register Notice
Volume 64, Number 201, Page 56346-56347
Summary Document [HTML (3K)]
Full Document [HTML (8K) | PDF (20K) 2 pages]
October 19, 1999

For more information, visit our Brownfields Application Information page.

• First Brownfields Revolving Load Awarded
  Press Release
  [HTML (2k)]
  October 7, 1999
  
  
• Prepared Statement of Mr. Tim Fields, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Legislative Hearing Legislation to Improve the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act Subcommittee on Finance & Hazardous Materials - August 4, 1999 (Panel 1, Witness 1)
  
  Prepared Statement of Mr. Tim Fields
  
  
• Energy Department Announces National Initiative to Redevelop Brownfields with Renewable Energy; Innovative New Approach Utilizes Solar Energy To Turn Brownfields Into Brightfields - August 4, 1999
  
  Fact Sheet
  [HTML (8K) | PDF (13K) 2 pages]
  August 1999
  
  
• Vice President Gore Announces $11 Million to Cleanup and Redevelop Distressed Areas
  White House Press Release
  [HTML (6K) | PDF (11K) 2 pages]
  June 21, 1999
  
  More information on the Assessment Demonstration Pilots.
  
  
• Acting Deputy Administrator Peter D. Robertson's Speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Turning Brownfields into Dreamfields
  [HTML (19K)]
  June 21, 1999
• Vice President Gore Announces Over $30 Million to Help Communities Clean Up and Redevelop Brownfields: Also Awards $1.9 Million in Job Training Grants
  White House Press Release
  [HTML (5K) | PDF (16K) 2 pages]
  May 25, 1999
  
  For more information on the Revolving Loan Fund Pilots.
  
  
• The Brownfields Program Recognized By Renew America
  Press Release
  [HTML (3K)]
  April 29, 1999
  
  
• EPA Announces Six Additional Pilots: Danbury, CT; Des Moines, IA; North Stapleton, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Pomona, CA; and San Diego, CA
  
  • Danbury, CT
    Pilot Fact Sheet
    [ HTML (6K) | PDF (11K) 2 pages ]
    Publication Number: EPA 500-F-99-026
    April 1999
  
  
• Perspectives of Local Governments on Livability.
  Testimony of the Honorable Paul Helmke, Mayor of Fort Wayne on behalf of the United States Conference of Mayors before the Senate Enviroment and Public Works Committee on March 17. Testimony
  [ HTML (25K) ]
  March 17, 1999
  
  
• EPA Announces USTfields Initiative at UST/LUST National Conference, Daytona Beach, FL, March 15 - 17, 1999.
  For more information, visit the Office of Underground Storage Tanks Web page on the USTfields Initiative.
  
  
• Vice President Gore Announces 23 Assessment Demonstration Pilots
  White House Press Release
  [HTML ( 5K) | PDF ( 8K) 2 pages]
  March 12, 1999

  More information on the Assessment Pilots.

Meetings and Deadlines

• December 6 - 8, 1999 - Brownfields '99 Conference: Alliances for 21st Century Livability Environmental Challenges & Solutions
  Dallas, Texas
  
  
• Fifth Annual Industrial Sites Recycling Conference
  September 13-15, 1999, Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

  More information on the ISRC Conference  

• U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Turning Brownfields into Dreamfields, Washington, D.C. June 21, 1999.
  The U.S. Chamber united developers, government leaders, and sports figures with the business community to address the revitalization of Brownfield areas into golf courses, soccer fields and other types of recreational and entertainment facilities.
  
  Acting Deputy Administrator Peter D. Robertson's Speech to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce: Turning Brownfields into Dreamfields, June 21, 1999.
  [ HTML (19K)]
  
  Go to the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Brownfields page.  
  


• The NEJAC Waste Transfer Station Working Group Meeting took place on February 17, 1999, at the Washington Convention Center.

More information.

Reports and Documents

• Environmental Insurance and Public Sector Brownfields Programs: Factors Affecting Pursuit of Insurance as a Redevelopment Tool
  Northern Kentucky University/University of Louisville Document
  [ HTML (90K) | PDF (377K) 39 pages ]
  November 1999

• Environmental Insurance Products Available for Brownfields Redevelopment
  Northern Kentucky University Document
  [ HTML (406K) | PDF (221K) 84 Pages ]
  November 1999

• The Brownfields Tax Incentive: What's In It For you?
  Brochure (PDF version has tri-fold design)
  [ HTML (10K) | PDF (171K) 2 Pages ]
  EPA Document Number: EPA 500-F-99-165
  September 1999

• Brownfields Tax Incentive Guidelines
  [ HTML (51K) | PDF (28K) 8 Pages ]
  EPA Document Number: EPA 500-F-99-164
  September 1999
• Brownfields Tax Incentive Case Study: ALLIANCE ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS, INC., West Chester, Pennsylvania
  [ HTML (11K) | PDF (15K) 3 Pages ]
  EPA Document Number: EPA 500-F-99-166
  September 1999
  
  
• Brownfields Tax Incentive Case Study: TRIANGLE PARK, LLC, Portland, Oregon
  [ HTML (12K) | PDF (15K) 3 Pages ]
  EPA Document Number: EPA 500-F-99-167
  September 1999