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Neil Thurber, Metcalf & Eddy, 30 Harvard Mill
Square, Wakefield, MA
01880, Tel: 781-224-6352
, Fax: 781-224-6548
Barbara Weir, Ph.D., Metcalf & Eddy, 30 Harvard Mill Square, Wakefield, MA
01880, Tel: 781-224-6608, Fax: 781-224-6548
Jim Byrne, Brownfields Team, U.S. EPA Region I, 1 Congress
Street, Suite 1100 (HIO), Boston, MA
02114-2023, Tel: 617-918-1389, Fax: 617-918-1291
James Chow, Brownfields Team, U.S. EPA Region I, 1
Congress Street, Suite 1100 (HIO), Boston, MA
02114-2023, Tel: 617-918-1394, Fax: 617-918-1291
For
Brownfield sites with perceived or known sources of
contamination, an environmental site assessment identifies
the nature of risk involved, giving communities and
developers the confidence needed to move forward with
redevelopment schemes.
One program, the EPA Targeted Brownfields
Assessment (TBA) program, has been successful in
delivering a “Head Start” style assessment for
potentially reusable properties.
Many public or non-profit entities are unaware of
State and Federal grant and loan programs such as the
EPA’s TBA program.
Others may have heard of the programs but are not
aware of the advantages to using them, such as the
technical and regulatory assistance provided. The EPA’s TBA program works simply: the grant is awarded in
the form of the services using EPA-Response Action
Contract (RAC) contractors.
The RAC contract gives access to EPA resources such
as the expertise of the RAC contractors’ scientists and
engineers and the EPA Contract Laboratory Program. Participation of state regulators, local representatives, and
interested developers is encouraged and enhances the
success of the TBA. Numerous
TBAs conducted in Connecticut and Massachusetts
demonstrate the value of this program. Communities can benefit from understanding this approach to
site assessment and understanding how to achieve a greater
value from their funding.
Aligned with the appropriate technical resources,
communities may obtain more value from their assessment
funding. This
presentation will offer the TBA program as a model for
providing technical and regulatory assistance to
communities, demonstrated by examples of success.
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