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Brownfields News and Events Archive—2004
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- Brownfields Federal Partnership Action Agenda Progress Report
EPA released a report detailing two years of progress by the Brownfields Federal Partnership. The Report shows remarkable progress fulfilling the Action Agenda commitments made by all of the agencies. More ...
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Proposal Guidelines for Job Training Grants
EPA is requesting proposals for brownfields job training grants. The goals of the Job Training Program are to prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field and facilitate cleanup of brownfield sites contaminated with hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants and petroleum. Proposals due January 14, 2005.
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (24 pp, 1MB)
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-04-267
November 2004
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Job Training Grants (PDF) (24 pp, 1MB)
- EPA Administrator Signs Proposed Rule on All Appropriate
Inquiries
EPA's Proposed Rule: Standards and Practices for All Appropriate Inquiries was signed by the EPA Administrator and published in the Federal Register on August 26, 2004. The proposed rule would establish specific regulatory requirements for conducting all appropriate inquiries into the previous ownership, uses, and environmental conditions of a property for the purposes of qualifying for certain landowner liability protections under CERCLA. EPA developed the proposed rule using a Negotiated Rulemaking process. The proposed rule retains the regulatory language developed by the Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. More...
- Proposal Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving
Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants
EPA is accepting proposals for 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. Proposals are due to EPA by November 12, 2004. More ...
- 42 States, Puerto Rico, Five Tribes Share Record $75.4 Million
in Brownfields Grants
Communities in 42 states and Puerto Rico will share more than $75 million in EPA Brownfields grants to help revitalize former industrial and commercial sites, turning them from problem properties to productive community use. The grants were announced by EPA Administrator Mike Leavitt at the site of a former metal foundry in Milwaukee.
- EPA
News Release
June 15, 2004 - List of New Grant Awards
June 15, 2004
- EPA
News Release
- Brownfields Envirofacts/EnviroMapper Tools Now Available for
Use on the Web
EPA's Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment (OBCR) introduced the Envirofacts and EnviroMapper tools, available through the Brownfields Web site. These two functions will be available with specific EPA-brownfields data - both Pilot/Grantee service areas and select property information. Brownfields Envirofacts and EnviroMapper are designed to be an integrated point of access to find and map U.S. EPA Brownfields environmental data included in EPA's Brownfields Management System (BMS). The tools also provide access to several other EPA databases that provide the user with information about environmental activities that may affect air, water, and land anywhere in the United States.
Note: As of May 2009, the Brownfields Envirofacts/EnviroMapper Tools have been replaced by Cleanups in My Community for Brownfields. - Over 1,000 to be Trained for Environmental Jobs in Brownfields
Communities Nationwide
In its ongoing efforts to promote economic revitalization and safeguard the environment and public health, EPA announced the awarding of its second round of Brownfields Job Training Grants under the new Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002. The second round of grants include EPA's selection of 16 recipients for funded Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Grants totaling $2.47 Million.- EPA News
Release
March 31, 2004 - Alphabetical List of 16 New Job Training Grants and Links to
Fact Sheets
More information about Brownfields Job Training Grants
- EPA News
Release