Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012
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EPA Goal 3: Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development |
U.S. Corps of Engineers – Brownfields – Urban Waters Program
Purpose
The U.S. Army Corps is a partner with the EPA and other federal agencies in helping
communities prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse Brownfields.
Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where
expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental
contamination. Livable communities are towns and cities in which people's everyday
needs are met without placing the needs of future generations at risk. A livable
community is one that people can take pride in. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
is a key partner in helping communities across America achieve greater livability
and sustain a high quality of life.
USACE helps both civilian communities and military installations through a variety
of planning; design and construction, program and project management, contracting,
real estate, and operation and maintenance activities. Their engineering
capabilities are brought to bear on an equally wide variety of engineering
challenges to include, but not limited to, flood control and navigation,
emergency response, remediation of hazardous waste sites; environmental
restoration, stewardship and compliance; infrastructure renewal and water
resource development.
Corps engineering capabilities are being put to work in helping communities
across the United States solve their Brownfields and other livability challenges.
These capabilities fall into four broad categories: Site Assessment, Site
Remediation, Site Redevelopment, and Sustainable Reuse.
USACE is a partner with EPA in the Brownfields and Land Revitalization
Technology Support Center (BTSC), which is a cooperative effort to provide
technical support to federal, state, local, and tribal officials for questions
related to the use of innovative technologies and strategies for site
assessment and cleanup.
Source(s) of Information
1. ARMY: Brownfields - Urban Waters Program
Related EPA Program(s)
Brownfields:
Brownfields are defined as real properties, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse, which may be complicated by the
presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. (There is some statutory exclusion
to this definition). The Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, Tribes, local communities, and other stakeholders
in economic redevelopment to work together to prevent, assess, safely cleanup, and reuse Brownfields.
Authorizing Legislation
• Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liabilities Act (CERCLA) as amended by the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Pub. L.107-118)
• Government Management Reform Act (1990)
• Solid Waste Disposal Act
• Federal Grant and Cooperative Agreement Act
• Annual Appropriations Act
Other Programs under Goal 3
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