Waste Site Cleanup & Reuse in New England
Brownfields Resources
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Program-Specific Guidance
- Guidance Documents
- EPA Resources
- Other Federal Resources
- Public / Private Partnerships, Non-Profit Agencies, and Not-For-Profit Agencies
- State Environmental Authorities
- State Contacts
- State Public Records of Brownfields Sites
- State Resources
- Local Partnerships
Guidance Documents
Laws & Regulations
- Brownfields Legislation
- Brownfields Laws & Statutes
- Comfort Letter Guidance
- EPA Grant Regulations & OMB Circulars (PDF) (4 pp, 10 K, about PDF)
- Grants Policy, Regulations & Guidance
- National Contingency Plan, 40 CFR Part 300
Liability
- Brownfields Liability & All Appropriate Inquiry Information
- Liability Questions and Answers Document (PDF) (7 pp, 29 K, about PDF)
Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPPs)
EPA Resources
EPA New England Initiatives
EPA Programs
- Drinking Water
- Environmental Education
- Environmental Justice
- EPA New England Tribal Contacts
- Federal Brownfields Tax Incentive and Treasury's New Market Tax Credit Program
- Groundwater Use and Value Determination
- Hazardous Substances Research Centers
- Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
- Superfund Program
Environmental Laws
Technology Assistance
Sustainability
- Community-Based Environmental Protection
- Environmentally Preferable Purchasing
- Environmentally Sound Sustainable Practices
Energy Efficiency, Environmental Management Systems, Global Climate Change, Green Buildings, PerformanceTrack, Pollution Prevention, Solid Waste Reduction & Recycling - Green Communities Kit
Other Federal Resources
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)
Housing and Urban Development
- HUD - Economic Development Programs
- HUD - Brownfields Economic Development Initiative (BEDI)
- HUD - Community Planning and Development Programs
National Park Service
Public / Private Partnerships, Non-Profit, and Not-for-Profit Agencies
Environmental Business Council of New England
National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
Northeast Waste Management Officials’ Association (NEWMOA)
State Environmental Authorities
State Public Records of Brownfields Sites
States and Tribes receiving EPA Brownfields Section 128(a) funding must establish and maintain a public record of sites. The public record includes sites at which response actions have been completed during the previous year and sites at which response actions are planned to be addressed in the next year. The public record also identifies sites that, upon completion of the response action, will be suitable for unrestricted use. If not, the public record identifies the institutional controls relied on in the remedy.
Local Partnerships
City or county departments such as environment, planning, economic development, and local community development corporations (CDCs) are valuable resources in developing cleanup and redevelopment plans, conducting community outreach, and leveraging financial and technical resources from public or private sources. Contact your city's brownfields representative to find out if there are additional information or resources in your area.