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Region 6 Land Revitalization

What is Land Revitalization?

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Land Revitalization Resources
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As part of its mission to protect the environment and human health, the United States Environmental Protection Agency is undertaking an important initiative to revitalize land by restoring contaminated, and potentially contaminated, sites to productive economic and greenspace use. The revitalization initiative seeks to resolve barriers to reuse and promote the reuse of sites that are being or have been cleaned up. To this end, EPA is working to ensure that cleanup remedies take into account a property's anticipated future use.


Bullet Roswell Missile Silos Declared "Ready for Reuse"
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Underground walkway to missile siloDocuments from Ready for Reuse CeremonyThe U.S. EPA, New Mexico Environment Department and the Corps of Engineers joined the media, current silo owners, two Congressional staff members and a New Mexico State Representative in a Ready for Reuse (RfR) signing ceremony in Roswell on Wednesday, September 16, 2009. The eight silos that once housed Atlas "F" missiles were used as a deterrent against possible attack during the Cold War but are now privately owned. These are the first RfR determinations on Atlas missile silos in the country. See the complete report.exit disclaimer

 

Elements of Land Revitalization
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Brownfields

Federal Facilities


RCRA

Superfund Redevelopment

Underground Storage Tanks

EPA's Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and sustainably reuse brownfields.

 
(Base Realignment and Closure) EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office works with other federal entities to facilitate faster, more effective, and less costly cleanup and reuse of federal facilities.
EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Brownfields Prevention Initiative encourages the continued use and reuse of RCRA sites so that the land better serves the needs of the community. The Corrective Action program requires the investigation and cleanup of on-going operations. See also Non-Hazardous/Solid Waste.
EPA'S Superfund Redevelopment Program is working to encourage communities at every cleanup site to consider anticipated future reuses early so that cleanups can accommodate those uses while maintaining standards that protect human health and the environment.
EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks supports the cleanup and reuse of abandoned properties contaminated with petroleum from underground storage tanks.

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Land Revitalization Newsletter - Quarterly Update

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National
Land Revitalization Resources

NEWSLETTER HIGHLIGHTS

  • It's Elemental - It's Mercury - It's Dangerous
  • 1st LEED Platinum Children's Hospital in the World
  • Attebury Grain Storage Added to Superfund List
  • Hotel Andaluz Goes for the Gold
  • Santa Fe Renewable Energy Conference
  • Renewable Energy on Tribal Lands in New Mexico
  • Region 6 Launches Google Earth Land Revitalization Sites
  • See the new "Green Pages Guide," an Internet Directory of Clean Energy & Climate Change Programs

 

Other Programs to Assist in Land Revitalization:

Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE)

Landfill Methane Outreach Program (LMOP) (Review proceedings and highlights from LMOP's recent workshop, "Landfill Gas Energy: A Sustainable Energy Source from Small Landfills in New England."

On Scene Coordinator (OSC)

Renewable Energy on Contaminated Land and Mining Sites

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