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EPA SEEKS NEW BROWNFIELDS SHOWCASE COMMUNITIES
Release Date: 03/16/2000
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FOR RELEASE: THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2000
EPA SEEKS NEW BROWNFIELDS SHOWCASE COMMUNITIES
EPA, along with more than 20 other federal agencies, is seeking communities interested in being designated as Brownfields Showcase Communities. A partnership of federal agencies with interests in brownfields redevelopment has formed to offer special technical, financial and other assistance to selected communities. EPA is offering each Showcase Community $200,000 in assessment funds plus the two-year loan of a federal employee to help coordinate a community's brownfields efforts. Other federal agencies support for the Showcases will depend upon the needs of a particular community. These Brownfields Showcase Communities are models demonstrating the benefits of focused attention on brownfields. To date, the federal partners have designated 16 Brownfields Showcase Communities. Now that these Showcases are up and running and yielding positive results, the federal partners plan to designate 10 additional Showcase Communities this year. These projects will promote environmental protection and restoration, economic redevelopment, job creation, community revitalization, greenspace development, energy efficiency and public health protection through the assessment, cleanup and sustainable reuse of brownfields. The pilots will develop national models demonstrating the positive results of public, private and non-governmental collaboration in addressing brownfields challenges. Brownfields are abandoned, idled or under-used industrial and commercial properties where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived contamination. The deadline for application submission is April 17, 2000. The Federal Register Notice is expected to be published Thursday, March 16. For further information about the Brownfields Showcase Communities Initiative see: https://www.epa.gov/brownfields.
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