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Brownfields
Brownfields: - Abandoned, idled, or under used industrial and commercial facilities/sites where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. They can be in urban, suburban, or rural areas. EPA's Brownfields initiative helps communities mitigate potential health risks and restore the economic viability of such areas or properties. [Environmental Protection Agency] News archive for Brownfields:: |
Worcester Telegram,A pilot program from the Patrick administration promises to be another significant step in spreading statewide the brownfields redevelopment that Worcester
River’s Edge Named Brownfields Project of the Year - 04 Aug 2008
Boston/SF,The award, which recognizes brownfields projects that exemplify excellence in overcoming the social, economic, technical and institutional challenges
State to help with cleanup of land for new Haverhill parking deck - 04 Aug 2008
Eagle Tribune,Deval Patrick said that site is one of five locations statewide chosen for help through the new so-called Brownfields Support Team plan.
A Call for Stricter Brownfield Regulations - 04 Aug 2008
WNYC,A new survey of the nation found that the federal government and other states often have stricter cleanup standards for brownfields than New York does.
Lindenwold senior facility favors green - 04 Aug 2008
Philadelphia Inquirer,..."Linden Lake combines redevelopment, brownfields reclamation, affordable housing and energy efficiency, but most important, 80 senior citizens call it home
Brownfields seen as key to progress - Jul 23, 2008
Bizjournals.com,Brownfields are former industrial or commercial sites that have varying forms of contamination and need public-sector incentives to make them
FR’s City Pier picked as brownfields pilot - Jul 31, 2008
Providence Business News,By PBN Staff BOSTON – City Pier in Fall River is one of five sites selected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for assistance by its new Brownfields
Navassa plans to use Brownfields grant to preserve building - Jul 30, 2008
StarNewsOnline.com,In October 2006, Navassa earned a Brownfields Assessment Grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency for that portion of the site, which was possibly
Springfield, Mo., Receives $50000 in Brownfields Technical ... - Jul 29, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Springfield is one of only 16 communities nationwide to be chosen by EPA as a Brownfields Sustainability Pilot. The technical assistance funding will
EPA Funds Greener Brownfields Projects - Jul 29, 2008
NewsBlaze,US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is providing more than $500000 in technical assistance for 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots.
Fitchburg, Mass. Receives $150500 Brownfields Grant - Jul 30, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Brownfields grants aid communities in the process of revitalizing former industrial and commercial sites, transforming them into green-space and turning
Lowell, Mass. Receives $150000 EPA Brownfields Grant - Jul 30, 2008
Media Newswire (press release),...(Boston th July 29, 2008) - Lowell, Mass. has been awarded a $150000 brownfields grant to clean up contaminated soil at 86 Fay Street.
Army Still Off Base - Jul 29, 2008
Hartford Courant,Second, there is a whole industry that successfully cleans brownfields and turns them into sites for schools, shopping centers, commercial buildings and
Emmerson provides quarterly activities report - Jul 31, 2008
Mineweb,Reinterpretation continuing on a number of brownfields projects and, given the early successes at West Gibbet and Golden Kangaroo, the Company remains
Governor Paterson Signs Bill to Reform Brownfields Cleanup Program - Jul 23, 2008
WXXI,Wiestsays it's estimated that Rochester alone has up to three-thousand acres of brownfields. He says the law will encourage development, which will lead to
Five Puerto Rico Municipalities Get a Brownfields Boost - Jul 23, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),Properties such as these where reuse, redevelopment or expansion is hindered by pollution or potential pollution are known as brownfields.
City looking to ID brownfields - Jul 24, 2008
Torrington Register Citizen,The city applied to the Environmental Protection Agency in fall 2007 seeking grants to identity contaminated sites known as brownfields and potentially
FCX bets on brownfields copper project expansions to meet medium ... - Jul 23, 2008
Mineweb,Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold (FCX) is betting on a medium-term strategy emphasizing brownfields expansions of current operations, including significantly
Weirton gets $200000 for brownfields cleanup - Jul 23, 2008
Daily Mail - Charleston,WEIRTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Weirton has been awarded a $200000 federal grant to clean up contamination and environmental hazards at an abandoned school. Sen.
Chapman Valve to get cleanup aid - Aug 2, 2008
The Republican - MassLive.com,The Brownfields Support Team initiative will bring together staff from the state Department of Environmental Protection, Executive Office of Housing and
Conneaut mulls hiring help for its brownfields - Jul 22, 2008
Ashtabula Star-Beacon,Brownfields are defined as industrial or commercial property that is abandoned, idle or underused because expansion may be hampered by “real or perceived
BROWNFIELDS: Money coming for cleanups - Jul 21, 2008
Niagara Gazette,By Dan Miner The federal Environmental Protection Agency is set to release a long-awaited $1 million brownfields grant to Niagara County, an official said
National night out - Aug 2, 2008
Boston Globe,The property was one of five sites statewide to be selected for assistance through the new brownfields initiative. THIS OLD HOUSE - The Ipswich Historical
EPA Awards Brownfields Grant to City of Alexandria City of ... - Jul 15, 2008
U.S. EPA.gov (press release),...“EPA continues to use the brownfields program to stimulate environmental and economic success in our communities,� said EPA Regional Administrator Richard
Polypipe makes brownfields cleaner - Jul 23, 2008
Builders Merchants Journal,Polyguard from Polypipe is a barrier system which ensures the delivery of safe drinking water to brownfield sites which may have been contaminated through
Eastern States Steel in phase II of cleanup - Jul 31, 2008
East Bridgewater Express,The Department of Environmental Protection is working with the town to have the former site of Eastern States Steel redeveloped as a brownfields site.
K-STATE: Sustainable Redevelopment of Contaminated Properties ... - Jul 31, 2008
Insurance News Net (press release),...and redevelopment, according to Sabine Martin, coordinator of the Center for Hazardous Substance Research's technical assistance to brownfields program.
Gov. announces pilot programs - Jul 31, 2008
Worcester Telegram,The five sites are the first to be designated to receive “a jump-start� from the state’s new “brownfields support team� that will coordinate the resources
Cleanup crew - Jul 28, 2008
Mainebiz DailyPatten got his first taste of brownfields redevelopment as an environmental engineer at Portland firm Environmental Engineering and Remediation Inc.,
State agencies converging on City Pier - Jul 30, 2008
Fall River Herald News,The Brownfields Support Team brings the city together with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection, the Executive Office of Housing and
Davenport to host Brownfields Project open house - Jul 7, 2008
Quad-Cities Online,The Open House is an opportunity for citizens to receive an update on the City’s Brownfields project and future plans for the process.
News Analysis: Why Labor Lost on May Day - Jul 31, 2008
Berkeley Daily Planet,Unlike the Oxford Greenbelt, these really are brownfields. Key people at the Housing Ministry apparently talked to the developer but not to their own
Plans to revamp, reuse polluted sites - Jul 13, 2008
Boston Globe,The town obtained the three-year Brownfields Assessment Grant from the US Environmental Protection Agency in April. It will be used to identify about a
Commercial Street green project blossoms with EPA grant - Jul 30, 2008
Springfield Business Journal,...“Springfield has become a national leader in the use of brownfields grants to revitalize old commercial and industrial sites for modern uses,� Blunt said in
What’sa brownfield? - Jul 10, 2008
Inquirer.net,Brownfields are sites damaged by previous building or industrial activities. These sites may require extensive remediation to remove toxins such as lead,
Valley to receive EPA reward - Jul 31, 2008
Opelika Auburn News,...“However, when the mills closed, Brownfields were left behind. Unfortunately, these Brownfield sites have become a prime hinderance to economic expansion in
Milwaukee receives $1.3M in EPA grants - Jul 22, 2008
Bizjournals.com,The Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund provides low-interest loans and grants for environmental remediation and clean-up of brownfield sites.
Latino Community Development Agency of OKC Receives EPA Grant - Jul 30, 2008
RedOrbit,Money for the project is part of more than $500000 in grants announced Tuesday by EPA for 16 Brownfields Sustainability Pilots nationwide.
Hillsborough Approves Funds for Future Affordable Housing Property - Jul 28, 2008
Temple Terrace University Beacon,In related news, the County recently received news that it will be awarded an additional $300000 for its Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund from the
Fertile ground: State gets brownfield recovery back on track - Jul 26, 2008
Press & Sun-Bulletin,Since 2003, fewer than 100 acres of brownfields had been remediated upstate, said Chris Wiest, vice president of public policy and advocacy for the
Program IDs brownfield sites - Jul 27, 2008
Burlington Hawk Eye,..."So the brownfields funding was developed as a mechanism to spur some assessment activity on these properties without incurring a superfund liability to get
Fagan mill to undergo environmental review; revitalization project ... - Jul 31, 2008
Foster's Daily Democrat,Funding for the assessment will be done with a portion of a Brownfields grant for that purpose. Economic Affairs Director Les Stevens said Fagan has signed
City seeks enrollment - Jul 19, 2008
Washington Daily News,By MIKE VOSS The City of Washington is submitting an application to a state agency so it can participate in that agency’s brownfields program.
Brown names economic coordinator - Jul 7, 2008
Bizjournals.com,...who is coming from Cleveland to handle brownfields and the re-use of commercial buildings, and Kenya Hobbs, who is moving to Buffalo from Wilmington,
Springfield project earns EPA grant - Jul 30, 2008
News-Leader.com,...building technologies and potential Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification, said Springfield Brownfields Coordinator Olivia Hough.
GEI Consultants Names Susan Boyle Senior Practice Leader - Jul 22, 2008
Boston/SF,She will continue to add her voice to and provide leadership and support on brownfields and sustainability matters on a national level through continued
EPA gives city $200000 - Jul 16, 2008
Alexandria Town Talk,Brownfields are properties in which the presence or potential presence of hazardous materials, pollutants or contaminants can cause obstacles to future
Chief welcomes designation of police station site - Jul 22, 2008
Worcester Telegram,Both locations are among the parcels that make up the 5.3-acre former Aztec Industries/Asbestos Textile brownfields site, which the town is trying to
New Law Transforms Legacy of Pollution to One of Public Health - Jul 10, 2008
E-Wire (press release),Brownfields can be former gas stations, junkyards, abandoned and vandalized industrial sites. These properties are often surrounded by low-income housing
New Bills For Veterans’ Services, Civil Rights Enacted - Jul 24, 2008
North Country Gazette,Among the bills in the package is one of the Governor’s Program Bills which creates a new law regarding the remediation of brownfields.
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