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EPA Goal 3: Cleaning Up Communities and Advancing Sustainable Development |
Purpose
The National Brightfields Initiative is an effort to encourage productive use
of brownfields and advance the use of clean and climate-friendly energy technologies,
the Department of Energy is working with local governments and industry to
link solar energy technologies to brownfields redevelopment.
Source(s) of Information
1. EPA: Brownfields: Federal Programs Guide (2011 Edition)
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
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