Catalog of Environmental Programs 2012
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Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative
Purpose
Secretary Slater has pledged the support of the DOT for the Brownfields Initiative through the
administration of the Department's financial and technical assistance programs. In communities
having brownfield redevelopment plans, the DOT will encourage State and local transportation agencies
to develop their improvement programs in concert with site-remediation and redevelopment efforts.
The Department will encourage transportation agency sponsors to consider brownfield properties
when siting projects as part of the redevelopment efforts. Use of brownfield sites should
occur only if those locations are consistent with the purpose and need of the transportation
improvement being proposed and the cleanup and liability costs are reasonable when considering
the cost and public benefit of the project. Transportation projects can support brownfields
redevelopment, not only by using contaminated sites when appropriate, but also by
providing access to these areas.
Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial properties where
improvement or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived contamination. President
Clinton launched the Administration's Brownfields Initiative to empower States, communities,
and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together to assess, remediate,
and sustainably reuse brownfield sites. The Initiative will expand the EPA's Brownfields
Economic Redevelopment Program to over 300 municipalities by the year 2000, and pledges
to increase Federal support by $700 million.
Source(s) of Information
1. DOT: FHWA and FTA Information on the Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative
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
Other Programs from DOT
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