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Brownfields News and Events 1995-1997

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• Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches
• Meetings and Deadlines
• Reports and Documents

Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches

• Administrator Browner's HazWaste World Superfund XVIII Conference Speech Available
  December 2, 1997
  
  
• Memorandum of Withdrawal of Draft Guidance for Developing Superfund Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) Language Concerning State Voluntary Cleanup Programs
  November 26, 1997
  
  

• Federal Brownfields Partnership Chooses Showcase Communities Finalists
  October 27, 1997
  
  View additional Brownfields Showcase Communities Information.
  
  
• Notice of Availability of Final Draft Guidance for Developing Superfund Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) Language Concerning State Voluntary Cleanup Programs
  ACTION: Notice of availability and request for comments.
  DATE: Written comments must have been postmarked or submitted by hand or electronically by October 24, 1997
  
  Go to Voluntary Cleanup Program Information on the Brownfields-related Law and Regulations page.
  
  

• EPA Announces Six Additional Pilots: Danbury, CT; Des Moines, IA; North Stapleton, CO; Phoenix, AZ; Pomona, CA; and San Diego, CA
  
  Go to the Brownfields Pilots page.
  
  
• New Tax Incentive to Spur the Cleanup and Redevelopment of Brownfields
  
  
  • Tax-Incentive Fact Sheet (PDF) (2 pp, 16K)
    Publication Number: EPA 500-F-97-155
    August 1997
  • Public Law 105-34 Subtitle E of Title IX
    
  • List of Eligible Pilots
    
    
  More information on the Brownfields Tax Incentive.
  
  
• Solicitation of Statements of Interest from Communities Interested in Being Designated as Brownfields Showcase Communities was published in the Federal Register (Statements of Interest must have been submitted on or before September 19, 1997)
  
  • Fact Sheet: Brownfields Showcase Communities
    Publication Number: EPA 500-F-00-240
    October 2000
  • Full Document
    
    

  View additional Brownfields Showcase Communities Information.
  
  

• EPA, Justice Department Propose Policy to Make It Easier For Investors to Cleanup and Redevelop Brownfields - August 7, 1997
  
  • EPA Press Advisory
    
  • DOJ Press Release
    August 7, 1997
    
  
  Go to the Brownfields-related Law and Regulations page.
  
  
• Information on Brownfields 97 Conference is Now Available
  
  Go to the Brownfields '97 Conference Web Page. 
  
  
• Region 2 Announces Two Additional Pilots: Elizabeth, NJ and Glen Cove, NY
  • Elizabeth, NJ Press Release, June 19, 1997
  • Glen Cove, NY Press Release, June 19, 1997
    
    
• Vice President Al Gore Announces 35 New Brownfields National and Regional Pilots
  White House Press Release
  May 13, 1997

  More information on the Brownfields Pilots.

• EPA Announces Two New Brownfields Pilots in Wisconsin.
  February 14th, 1997

• EPA Expects to Fund 25 New Brownfields Pilots in 1997.
  
  Press Advisory
  November 1, 1996
  
  Go to Brownfields Application Information.

• EPA Announces 16 New Brownfield Grants to Clean Up and Revitalize Urban Communities.
  
  Press Release
  October 1, 1996
  
  Summary of New Brownfields Regional Pilots
  
  
• Vice President Hails Progress in Urban Revitalization and Announces 20 New Projects to Redevelop Brownfields
  Press Release
  June 13, 1996
  
  
• New Clinton Administration Brownfields Tax Incentive to Speed Urban Cleanup, Redevelopment
  EPA/Treasury Fact Sheet
  
  
• Clinton Administration Announces Selection of 11 New Brownfields Redevelopment Projects and Announces the Removal of 3,300 Sites from the Superfund Inventory
  White House Press Release
  
  
• Clinton Administration Announces Selection of 15 Cities as Brownfields Redevelopment Projects, July 26, 1995
  White House Press Release
  
  
• EPA Administrator Announces Relief Package for Cities and Towns.
  Press Release
  
  January 25, 1995

Meetings and Deadlines

• Solicitation of Statements of Interest from Communities Interested in Being Designated as Brownfields Showcase Communities
  
  • Deadline for Statements of Interest was September 19, 1997
    View Brownfields Showcase Communities information.
    
• Tribal Brownfields Meeting, September 6, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri  
• Brownfields '97 Conference, September 3-5, 1997, in Kansas City, Missouri  
  
  
• Notice of Open Meeting: State Voluntary Cleanup Program, February 27, 1997
  
  Notice
  For more information, go to the OECA Homepage.
  
  
• Brownfields '96—A New Environmental Frontier Conference
  September 20-21, 1996, Lawrence Convention Center, Pittsburgh, PA
  
  Brownfields '96 National Conference (A Conference Summary)
  Fact Sheet  
  Publication Number: EPA 500-F-97-099
  April 1997
  
  Invitation Brochure 
  July 1996
  
  Overview Brochure 
  August 1996
  
  

Reports and Documents

• Brownfields Title VI Case Studies
  More information.

• Brownfields Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Administrative Manual now available
  More information.
  
  
• Brownfields Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Model Term & Conditions now available
  More information.
  
  
• Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. General Services Administration Signed November 21, 1997
  
  
  • Press Announcement
    December 5, 1997
  • Full Document (PDF) (4 pp, 20K)
    
    
• The Effects of Environmental Hazards and Regulation on Urban Redevelopment
  
  
• Cumulative Risk Assessment Guidance-Phase I Planning and Scoping
  
  • Memorandum (PDF) (2 pp, 26K)
    July 1997
  • Guidance (PDF) (12 pp, 131K)
    July 1997
  • Go to the Brownfields-related Law and Regulations page.

• Final Draft Guidance on Developing Superfund Memoranda of Agreement (MOA) - August 5, 1997
  
  • Go to the Brownfields-related Law and Regulations page.
    
    
• EPA Will Award Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Demonstration Pilots (PDF) (27 pp, 110K)
  EPA Document Number: EPA 500-F-97-147
  Proposal Guidelines, April 1997
  
  For more information on the Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots, click here.
  
  
• Interim Approaches for Regional Relations with State Voluntary Cleanup Programs.
  Memorandum (PDF) (4 pp, 27K)
  November 14, 1996

• ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE, URBAN REVITALIZATION, AND BROWNFIELDS: THE SEARCH FOR AUTHENTIC SIGNS OF HOPE; A Report on the "Public Dialogues on Urban Revitalization and Brownfields: Envisioning Healthy and Sustainable Communities"
  Publication Number: EPA 500-R-96-002
  December 1996
  
  

• Congress passes the "Asset Conservation, Lender Liability, and Deposit Insurance Protection Act of 1996'' attached to the Omnibus Budget Act (HR3610); September 30, 1996
  Sections 2501-2505
  
  

• The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has developed this Soil Screening Guidance as a tool for screening at National Priorities List (NPL) sites.

• Potential Insurance Products for Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment; Survey Results of Insurance Industry Products Available for Transference of Risk at Potentially Contaminated Property (PDF) (52 pp, 152K)
  Publication Number: EPA 500-R-96-001
  June 1996

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