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Brownfields News and Events Archive—2003
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Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches
- The Kresge Foundation has announced a new green building
grant program for nonprofit organizations. Details are on
line at: http://www.kresge.org/content/displaycontent.aspx?CID=59
(click "Green Building" on the side bar).
Note: The Kresge Foundation is not part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA), hence, the grant program referenced above is not an EPA grant program. US EPA will not provide letters of support or endorsement for organizations applying for funding. US EPA is willing to provide information to Brownfields grantees regarding other private foundation grants relating to Brownfields revitalization.
- Brownfields 2003 - Growing A Greener America
October 27-29, 2003 Oregon Convention Center, Portland, OR
Smart Growth Grants and New Portfields Initiative Announced at Brownfields Conference
- Press Release
October 27, 2003 -
For more information visit www.brownfields2003.org
- Press Release
- Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission of
EPA ICR No. 2104.01 to OMB for Review and Approval; Comment Request;
Brownfields Program Revitalization Grantee Reporting
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that the following Information Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Brownfields Program-- Revitalization Grantee Reporting. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature of the information collection and its estimated burden and cost. Additional comments may be submitted on or before September 3, 2003.- Federal Register Notice
August 4, 2003 -
For more information and to provide comments, review the EPA
EDOCKET Web site.
- Federal Register Notice
- EPA Announces $73.1 Million in National Brownfields Grants
in 37 States and Seven Tribal Communities
As part of EPA's ongoing efforts to promote economic revitalization while safeguarding the environment and public health, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today announced $73.1 million in Brownfields funds for a variety of different grants made available from the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. more...
- Executive Order: Further Amendment to Executive Order 12580,
as Amended, Superfund Implementation
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/06/print/20030620.html
- EPA Awards $2 Million to Seven States for New Brownfields Job
Training Grants in Ten Communities
In its ongoing efforts to promote economic revitalization and safeguard the environment and public health, EPA Administrator Christie Whitman today announced the awarding of its first Brownfields Job Training grants under the new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002. more... - National Arbor Day Foundation Honors EPA's Brownfields Program
for its Restoration and Preservation Efforts
In recognition of its environmental restoration and preservation efforts, EPA's Brownfields program has received a 2003 National Arbor Day Foundation Project Award. The Foundation is a national, million-member, nonprofit educational organization dedicated to tree planting and environmental stewardship. For more information, see the EPA Press Release.
- Remarks of Governor Christine Todd Whitman, Administrator of
the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, on announcing the Land Revitalization
Agenda Baltimore, Maryland
The "Land Revitalization Agenda" was announced by EPA Administrator Christie Whitman at the Harbor Point site (formerly AlliedSignal), a 27-acre peninsula in Baltimore's Inner Harbor. The site was successfully cleaned up in Feb. 2000 under RCRA's Corrective Action Program. Plans for Harbor Point redevelopment call for 1.8 million square feet of mixed-used space, representing up to $400 million in new investment and creating as many as 5,000 jobs.- EPA News Release
April 10, 2003
- EPA News Release
- Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Brownfields Program Revitalization Grantee Reporting
In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit the following proposed Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB): Brownfields Program--Revitalization Grantee Reporting, EPA ICR Number 2104.01. This information collection request applies to the reporting and recordkeeping requirements that apply to recipients of assessment, revolving loan fund, cleanup and job training grants awarded under subtitle A of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (Public Law 107-118). Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments on specific aspects of the proposed information collection.- Federal Register Notice
April 4, 2003 -
For more information and to provide comments, review the Docket
Detail on the EPA EDOCKET system click
here.
- Federal Register Notice
- Withdrawal of Direct Final Rule
Because EPA received adverse comment on our the direct final rule, "Clarification to Interim Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiry Under CERCLA," we have withdrawn that rule. The notice of withdrawal was published in the Federal Register on March 25, 2003 (68 FR 14339). more... - EPA Publishes Notice of Intent to Negotiate All Appropriate Inquiry
Rule
EPA intends to establish a Negotiated Rulemaking Committee under the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) and the Negotiated Rulemaking Act (NRA) to negotiate proposed federal standards for conducting all appropriate inquiry. The purpose of the Committee will be to conduct discussions and reach consensus, if possible, on proposed regulatory language setting standards and practices for conducting all appropriate inquiry, as required by the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (the Brownfields Law). more... - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Training, Research, and Technical
Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements
These guidelines provide eligible applicants an opportunity to apply for federal funding for brownfields-related training, research or technical assistance. Deadline for applications is April 14, 2003. Please note that applications that are sent via United States Postal Service may not arrive at EPA for several weeks due to the screening and irradiation process necessary for security purposes. more... - Proposal Guidelines for Job Training Grants
EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental Job Training grants by the end of April 2003. Grant applicants must be located within or near one of the EPA-funded brownfields grant (assessment, RLF) communities. more...
Meetings and Deadlines
- December 1, 2003 - Proposal Guidelines for Job Training
Grants
EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental Job Training grants by the end of March 2004. Grant applicants must be located within or near one of the EPA-funded brownfields grant (assessment, RLF, and cleanup) communities. more...
- December 4, 2003 - Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment,
Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants
EPA is accepting proposals for national brownfields assessment, revolving loan fund and cleanup grants. These grants are part of the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act to help states and communities around the country clean up and revitalize Brownfield sites.- Federal Register Notice
October 16, 2003
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan
Fund, and Cleanup Grants (PDF) 62 pp, 1.15M)
Publication Number: EPA-500-F-03-244
October 2003
- Brownfield Grant Guidelines Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) (PDF) 18 pp, 225K)
October 2003
- Federal Register Notice
- September 8, 2003 - Public Meeting for Draft Proposal Guidelines
for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants
The purpose of the public meeting is for EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment to listen to the views of public stakeholders on the Agency's draft Brownfield Grants Guidelines.
NOTE: EPA is making changes to the petroleum portions of the "Draft Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants" posted on EPA's Brownfields website and dated August 25, 2003. EPA is changing the petroleum portion of the Threshold Criteria for Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund and Cleanup Grants, and removing the reserve on a portion of Appendix 3, Guidance on Sites Eligible for Brownfields Funding Under CERCLA Sec. 104(k) pertaining to paragraph 3.3.2 Contamination by Petroleum or Petroleum Product.
- Federal Register Notice
August 4, 2003
- Federal Register Notice
- September 3, 2003 - Deadline for Comments - Agency Information
Collection Activities; Submission of EPA ICR No. 2104.01 to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Brownfields Program Revitalization
Grantee Reporting.
For more information and to provide comments, review the Docket Detail on the EPA EDOCKET system Web site
- July 22-24, 2003 - RevTech Conference, "Cleaning Up Contaminated
Properties for Reuse and Revitalization: Effective Technical Approaches
and Tools", Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit:
http://www.allconferences.com/conferences/20030422083703/.
- June 10 & 11, 2003 - Meeting of the Negotiated Rulemaking
Committee
Federal Register Notice
May 12, 2003
- June 3, 2003 - Deadline for Comments - Agency Information
Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Brownfields
Program Revitalization Grantee Reporting.
For more information and to provide comments, review the Docket Detail on the EPA EDOCKET system click here.
- April 14, 2003 - Applications due for Brownfields Training, Research,
and Technical Assistance Grants and Cooperative Agreements
These guidelines provide eligible applicants an opportunity to apply for federal funding for brownfields-related training, research or technical assistance. Please note that applications that are sent via United States Postal Service may not arrive at EPA for several weeks due to the screening and irradiation process necessary for security purposes. more... - February 14, 2003 - Proposals Due for Brownfields Job Training
Grants
EPA expects to select approximately 10 Brownfields Environmental Job Training grants by the end of April 2003. Grant applicants must be located within or near one of the EPA-funded brownfields grant (assessment, RLF) communities. more... - January 22, 2003 - Application Guidelines for Brownfields
2003 - 2007 Annual Conference Cooperative Agreement
EPA is conducting an open competition for the lead non-federal co-sponsor cooperative agreement for the next five annual Brownfields conferences (2003 - 2007). more...
Reports and Documents
- Reusing Land and Restoring
Hope: A Report to Stakeholders from the US EPA Brownfields Program
This report chronicles the milestones and accomplishments of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Brownfields Program, which began in 1995 as an ambitious initiative to change the way people think about contaminated properties. For decades, uncertainty about the presence of contamination, fear of potential cleanup liability, and finite cleanup resources, resulted in thousands of potentially contaminated properties blighting the American landscape. EPA's Brownfields Program has been working to address this national environmental issue. - Index of Brownfields Publications
- Brownfields-related Law and Regulations
- Reports and Documents, 2001
- Reports and Documents, 2000
- Reports and Documents, 1999