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OSWER Center for Program Analysis
Reducing GHG Emissions Through Land and Materials Management: Report and Factsheet
EPA has published a report that finds significant potential to reduce the country’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions through materials management (e.g. recycling and waste prevention), and land management (e.g. brownfield redevelopment, land restoration, and smart growth). This document offers a new perspective on opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
Opportunities to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions through Materials and Land Management Practices (PDF)
(97 pp., 1.8 MB, About PDF)
Factsheet (PDF)
(2 pp, 1.5MB, About PDF)
The Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (OSWER) Center for Program Analysis (OCPA) addresses high priority, cross-program policy issues within OSWER. Through its activities, OCPA enhances OSWER's ability to measure and evaluate progress in its cleanup programs, analyze non-regulatory benefits, and conduct analyses to help align OSWER with Agency-wide priorities and policies. OCPA focus areas are:
Benefits Analysis
OCPA supports OSWER programs by exploring emerging methods to value the benefits of land revitalization. This analysis may include examining local and state policy innovations and their implications
for EPA programs, and conducting research in areas such as the valuation of ecological services and the benefits of waste and accident "prevention."
Performance Measurement
OCPA helps OSWER programs conduct strategic review of existing performance measurement systems and identifies opportunities to streamline and enhance existing measures. OCPA supports the development
of new measures to strengthen OSWER's ability to communicate its accomplishments and meet the Agency's strategic goals.
Program Evaluation
OCPA provides evaluation services to OSWER programs to help them assess the effectiveness of their programs.
Sustainability and Climate Change
OCPA coordinates across EPA's solid waste, land cleanup, and emergency response programs to promote sustainability and the development of strategies for addressing climate change through materials and
land management.
RE-Powering America's Lands: Renewable Energy on Current and Formerly Contaminated Sites
OCPA is encouraging renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated land and mining sites. The RE-Powering (PDF) (2 pp, 876K, About PDF) initiative identifies the renewable energy potential of these sites and provides other useful resources for communities, developers, industry, state and local governments or anyone interested in reusing these sites for renewable energy development. In partnership with the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), EPA created interactive mapping tool, which provides the link between urban and rural EPA-tracked sites and renewable energy resources. Other resources include state and federal Incentive sheets for renewable energy development and contaminated land redevelopment.
For further information regarding Renewable Energy on Contaminated Lands and Mining Sites, please contact: cleanenergy@epa.gov.