Brownfield Cleanup Articles & Analysis
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As of June 15, the EPA released new guidance about PFAS, with four drinking water health advisories as well as the first $1 billion round of grant funding “to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants in drinking water.” In addition to these new guidelines, the EPA will propose new PFAS regulations this fall. PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, are a group of ...
The Risks and Rewards of Petroleum Brownfield Remediation Many LUST brownfields are located near or within towns where developable land is scarce. ...
Description: A Brownfield property impacted with chlorinated solvents was the planned location for the home of the Orlando Magic basketball team. ...
Regulations Divisions include: Division 1: General Administration Division 2: Environmental Management Commission Division 3: Air Pollution Control Program Division 4: Scrap Tire Program Division 5: Uniform Environmental Covenants Program Division 6: Water Quality Program Division 7: Water Supply Program Division 8: Coastal Program Division 9: Well Driller Licensing Program Division ...
The goal was achieved with an average reduction of 99.5% of TCE in soil, with 13 of the 14 samples measuring nondetect. This Brownfield project involved the cleanup of a TCE source area located beneath an abandoned steel manufacturing building. ...
The nation’s approach to assessing, cleaning up, and reusing brownfields has evolved dramatically since the emergence of EPA and state brownfields programs. The cleanup and subsequent redevelopment of brownfields have had significant positive impacts on their surrounding communities, including enhancing local economies, ...
Public financing is often essential for encouraging the assessment and cleanup of brownfields. Without public financing or government-backed financial incentives, many brownfields would remain idle and potentially contaminated. ...
What Are Brownfields? These guidelines are provided pursuant to Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance # 66.818. The Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act (“Brownfields Law” or “the Law”, P.L. 107-118) requires the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to publish guidance to assist applicants in preparing proposals for grants to address brownfield sites. This ...
Can the buyer add new capacity at site? Are brownfields cleanup incentives available? Can the buyer install emission controls and generate saleable allowances/ERCs? ...
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Untitled Document Bioremediation, using CL-out microbes, clears the obstacles to Brownfield redevelopment by reducing wells contaminant concentrations in groundwater and removing the environmental stigma from the property. The CL-out bacteria were selected for their ability to degrade a wide range of organic chemicals under aerobic conditions. CL-out bioremediation of chlorinated solvents does ...
These policies often provide the final stone in the arch that completes a major real estate deal. 'For the lender, cleanup cost cap insurance protects the financial condition of the borrower and therefore the value of the lender's collateral,' wrote Janet Moylin of AIG Insurance in a recent edition of Brownfield News. 'For the owner of the site, ...
Then, there may be various programs, such as Brownfields programs, state voluntary cleanup programs or multi-media programs that come into play (although it is usually an aim of such programs to simplify matters). ...
Some of these sites — often referred to as “Brownfields”— are contaminated; others are perceived or suspected to be contaminated. ...
Such exclusions eliminate many of those areas which are precisely in need of coverage today, for example potential Superfund sites in brownfields redevelopment projects. The definitions of 'cleanup costs' and the requirement of a 'claim' in the insuring agreement meant that voluntary cleanup costs were not covered, a serious impediment in ...