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Brownfields National Partnership Action Agenda 2002
Spurred on by the Bush Administration's commitment to brownfields and the new brownfields law, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and its federal partners have renewed their commitment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. The result is the new Brownfields Federal Partnership Action Agenda which is a compilation of over 100 commitments that the more than 20 participating federal agencies will undertake in partnership to help communities deal with brownfields and associated problems. Action Agenda commitments range from making funding and technical assistance to brownfields communities a budget priority, to changing policies to facilitate brownfields redevelopment, to launching a concerted effort to share program information with respective stakeholders. Communities with brownfields often face economic and social concerns, such as unemployment, substandard housing, outdated or faulty public infrastructure, and crime. Although federal and state programs may be in place to address local issues, too often the programs operate in isolation. The collaboration of the diverse expertise and experience of each agency will help make all relevant federal programs work more productively for communities effected by the presence of brownfields.