In July 1996, a federal work group was created to marshal
the resources available throughout the federal government in support of
brownfields redevelopment. One of the first products of that effort
is this Brownfields Resource Directory. The directory contains information
about federal and state programs and local contacts to assist in community
development efforts, including brownfields resources and programs in related
areas such as infrastructure, job training and assistance for local businesses.
Further background information is available in the Brownfields Resource
Directory Introduction.
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Department of Commerce:
Economic Development Administration
The administration's purpose is to generate new jobs; help retain
existing jobs; and stimulate industrial and commercial growth in
economically distressed areas of the United States. |
Department
of Commerce: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's mission is to
describe and predict changes in the earth's environment and conserve
and manage wisely the Nation's coastal land marine resources |
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Department of Defense:
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
USACE investigates, designs, constructs, and maintains a variety
of projects for national economic and environmental security to
city state and federal agencies. USACE's primary mission is designing
and constructing military projects for the Army, Air Force, Army
National Guard and Reserve and other Department of Defense agencies.
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of Defense: New York National Guard (Counterdrug Program)
The New York National Guard Counterdrug Demand Reduction Program
mission is to educate and disseminate drug awareness information
through the development of initiatives, activities, councils, youth
programs, parent training, and coalitions in order to support community
efforts to educate youth and prevent substance abuse. |
Department
of Energy: Boston Regional Office
The DOE implements a widevariety of programs to promote the adoption
of costeffective renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies
throughout the region. The BRO is a teamoriented organization, focused
around four main sectors of our economy: Utilities, Industry, Transportation
and Buildings. |
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Department of Health and
Human Services: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry
ATSDR was created by the Superfund legislation of 1980 to prevent
or mitigate adverse human health effects and diminished quality
of life resulting from exposure to hazardous substances in the
environment.
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Department of Health
and Human Services: National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
The NIEHS program gives funding to nonprofit organizations with
a demonstrated track record of providing occupational safety and
health education in developing and delivering high quality training
to workers who are involved in handling hazardous waste or in responding
to emergency releases of hazardous materials.
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Department
Housing and Urban Development
The Department of Housing and Urban Development is committed to focusing
attention on brownfields redevelopment and to providing local governments
with tools to achieve this goal. The Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative
brings together different types of existing HUD assistance that communities
can use to clean up and revitalize potentially contaminated sites. |
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Department of the Interior,
National Parks Service
The National Park Service enables states and local governments to
establish park and recreation areas and adapt historic buildings
for public uses. Through this program, state and local agencies
may acquire land and facilities once used for federal purposes at
no cost to meet park and recreation needs.
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Department of Justice,
Office of Justice Programs: Executive Office of Weed and Seed
Operation Weed and Seed is a multi-agency strategy that "weeds
out" violent crime, gang activity, drug use, and drug trafficking
in targeted neighborhoods and then "seeds" the target
area by restoring these neighborhoods through social and economic
revitalization.
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Department
of Transportation: Federal Highway Administration
The Federal Highway Administration's (FHWA) mission is to help f fund
the construction, reconstruction and improvement of Interstate highways
and other roads on the federal aid interstate, primary, secondary
and urban systems. |
Environmental
Protection Agency: Brownfields Initiative
The goal of EPA's Brownfields Initiative is
to empower localities to work with public and private stakeholders
to develop locally appropriate approaches to prevent, assess, safely
cleanup and sustainably reuse brownfields. |
Environmental
Protection Agency: Community Grants Program
The Brownfields Initiative and Community Grants Program looks at ways
to assist stakeholders/potential grant applicants (e.g., states, local,
and tribal governments, private nonprofit organizations, and small
communities) in accessing the array of EPA grants available to them
and make recommendations which would allow the Region to better address
community needs. |
Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) helps ensure equal
access to credit, works with lenders and the public to revitalize
communities and serves as intermediaries to further fair lending objectives. |
Federal
Housing Finance Board Federal Home Loan Bank
The Federal Housing Finance Board regulates the Federal Home Loan
Bank System. The System is a government sponsored enterprise with
the specific mandate of promoting housing and community investment
finance. |
General
Services Administration
The General Services Administration recognizes the importance of property
as a catalyst for positive change in urban areas. GSA has committed
to review and identify underutilized federal properties under its
Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative. |
New
Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection includes a variety
of resources, incentives and programs administered by various state
agencies in order to provide a comprehensive tool box to support private
and public brownfields revitalization. |
State
of New York Department of Environmental Conservation
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
has three main functions: natural resource management, environmental
quality protection and the promotion of public health, safety and
recreation. |
New
York Department of State, Division of Coastal Resources and Waterfront
Revitalization
The Division of Coastal Resources is responsible for administering
New York State's Coastal Management Program. In voluntary partnership
with local governments, the Coastal Management Program seeks to meet
the needs of coastal residents and visitors, while striving to advance
economic development opportunities and protect our natural coastal
resources. |
Small
Business Administration
The Small Business Administration's mission is to provide prospective,
new or established persons in the small business community with financial,
procurement, management and technical assistance. In addition, special
emphasis is made to assist women, minorities the handicapped and veterans
get into and stay in business. |
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