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FOUR BROWNFIELDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE PILOTS CHOSEN
Release Date: 03/16/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000
FOUR BROWNFIELDS PREVENTION INITIATIVE PILOTS CHOSEN
As part of EPA’s Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Brownfields Prevention Initiative, EPA today announced the selection of four pilot projects that will showcase reforms to make it easier to cleanup and reuse these sites. The RCRA cleanup program, like Superfund, was designed to focus on sites posing the greatest risks to public health and the environment. The four pilots chosen include: Bethlehem Steel Corp., Lackawanna, N.Y.; Blue Valley Redevelopment Team, Kansas City, Mo.; Philadelphia Electric Company, Chester, Pa.; and CBS Bridgeport, Conn. While there is no grant money associated with these pilots, EPA has allocated contractor support to assist these pilots in finding ways to expedite cleanups that protect public health and the environment. This new initiative comes in response to concerns raised by representatives from cities, industries and others who have recently begun emphasizing the importance of looking beyond the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) in addressing issues at brownfields sites in a more comprehensive manner. To date, EPA has focused efforts primarily on issues associated with CERCLA. Under this new initiative, EPA’s goal is to help the state and local governments and the site owners find ways to expedite cleanups and allow for future reuse by using the flexibility of the existing RCRA programs. EPA hopes to identify and understand any potential impediments to cleanup and reuse of brownfields sites that may be posed under RCRA. Information about the RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative will soon be available at: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields.
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