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National Information
As part of its mission to protect human health and the environment, U.S. EPA is dedicated to revitalizing land by restoring contaminated and potentially contaminated sites to productive economic and green space use. Through this web site, you can find a variety of information about revitalization and reuse in Region 4. This information includes revitalization tools and resources, hazardous site inventories with site profiles and information, funding information, and relevant publications and documents, as well as examples of land revitalization projects across Region 4. More Land Revitalization information...
Region 4 Prospective Purchaser Inquiry Service
Click here to learn more about the free consultation service Region 4 offers to all purchasers of contaminated property with federal jurisdiction. More... (4 pp, 183 K,) About PDF)
EPA's Land Research website (http://www.epa.gov/ord/lrp) provides information on the innovative science solutions being developed by EPA's Land Research Program to preserve the nation's land, restore contaminated properties, and protect public health from exposure to environmental contaminants. The site includes a description of the program, fact sheets, science topic experts, links to ORD technical support centers, research publications, research accomplishments, and links to tools, models, and information.
Multi Vision Integration to Action
A process to get your community involved in environmental concerns.
Additions
Communities in 43 states, 2 Tribal Nations and 2 territories will
share over $74 million in EPA Brownfields Grants
These communities will share over $74 million in EPA Brownfields grants to
help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem
properties to productive community use. Since the beginning of the Brownfields
program, EPA has awarded 1255 assessment grants totaling $298.6 million, 230
revolving loan fund grants totaling $217.7 million, and 426 cleanup grants
totaling $78.7 million. See the official EPA News Release, April 7, 2008.
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List of New Assessment, Cleanup, and Revolving Loan Fund Grant Awards
- Sorted by State with Links to Fact Sheets
- Sorted by EPA Region with Links to Fact Sheets
- Printer-Friendly List Sorted by EPA Region (PDF) (15 pp, 51KB, about PDF)
EPA FY2009 Brownfields Grant Proposal Guidelines Revisions
For the FY2009 national competition, EPA has revised the Brownfields Grant
Proposal Guidelines (guidelines) and is soliciting comments on those revisions.
EPA provides brownfields funding for three types of grants: assessment, revolving
loan fund and cleanup. The major changes to the guidelines include:
- three separate booklets for each of the grant types
- Assessment Coalitions which allow eligible entities of 3 or more to request up to $1 M dollars for hazardous substance or petroleum (or combined) community-wide assessments
- Community Notification is a threshold criterion; ranking criteria is four sections: Community Need, Project Feasibility, Community Engagement and Project Benefits
- community based organization letters of support are required
- and a Phase II report complete at time of application for a cleanup grant is required.
EPA Awards Community Grants Across Country
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008 to support community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) program.
Applications for the CARE grants are due March 17, 2008. Eligible applicants include county and local governments, tribes, non-profit organizations and universities. EPA will conduct three conference calls, Jan. 18, Feb. 11 and 27, for prospective applicants to ask questions about the application process.
EPA's New Ecological Restoration Tool is Online!
This web site is a resource for project managers and others seeking information and guidance on ecological restoration and land revitalization.
The page includes a glossary of restoration terms and a set of principles for ecological restoration; as well as information and links to resources on soil health and amendments, native and invasive plant species, and ecosystem-based restoration.
Also featured is a comprehensive list of region-by-region and state-by-state federal and local resources for ecological restoration projects, including the Federal Highway Administration's publication, "Roadside Use of Native Plants." The website address is: http://www.cluin.org/products/ecorestoration/
New Website for Brownfield Insurance Programs
A new website is available for those needing information about and assistance with insurance for brownfield projects.
The site provides access to insurers, brokers, and attorneys with specialized capacities to address brownfield insurance matters. Additional brokers and attorneys are invited to add their qualifications and share documents they have written. Listing is free and easy to do.
The site also offer a library that includes funded reports, journal articles, and case studies of insurance usage, as well as a glossary of terms. Reports currently on the site include "State Brownfield Insurance Programs - 2006" and "Environmental Insurance Products Available for Brownfield Redevelopment- 2005."
BrownfieldsInsurance.org was developed by Kristen Yount and Peter Meyer of Northern Kentucky University under a cooperative agreement with EPA. For more information, go to www.BrownfieldsInsurance.org.
Information on US EPA's Brownfields Program is available at: http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/.
President Bush Extends the Brownfields Tax Incentive as Part of
the Tax Relief and Health Care Act
On December 20, 2006, President Bush signed the Tax Relief and Health Care
Act of 2006. The new legislation includes an extension and expansion of the
Brownfields Tax Incentive. Under the new law, the incentive was renewed,
effective after December 31, 2005, and extended until December 31, 2007. More
information...
Land Revitalization Site Types
The graphic below contains the types of contaminated sites you will encounter when redeveloping a potentially contaminated or formerly contaminated site or property. To learn more about each site type, click on one of the types of contaminated sites below.
- Brownfield Sites
Brownfield sites are real properties, the expansion, development, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. - Federal Facility
Sites
Federal Facility sites are properties operated by the United States Government that contain environmental contamination from unexploded ordnance, radioactive waste, or other hazardous substances. - Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) Sites
Past and present activities at RCRA facilities have sometimes resulted in releases of hazardous waste and hazardous constituents into soil, ground water, surface water, sediments, and air; requiring the investigation and cleanup, or remediation, of these hazardous releases. - Superfund Sites
Superfund sites are uncontrolled or abandoned sites or properties where hazardous waste or other contamination is located, possibly affecting local ecosystems or people. Superfund sites can include properties on the National Priorities List, as well as removal action sites. - Underground Storage Tank Sites
Underground storage tank sites are sites that contain contamination from petroleum products or CERCLA hazardous substances that were released from underground storage tanks. - State Sites
State sites are contaminated sites not addressed by U.S. EPA through its regulatory authorities under CERLA and RCRA, but are instead managed by States rather than by EPA or through EPA programs.