Brownfields Redevelopment: Training Manual
Brownfields Redevelopment: Training Manual
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) defines brownfields as "real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant". These problem properties are not uncommon: according to the General Accounting Office (GAO), there are close to 450,000 brownfields in the United States alone. Another study puts the number of brownfields much higher, between 500,000 - 600,000 sites in the country.

The focus in this manual is on the less contaminated sites that are the vast majority of brownfields. The most severely contaminated sites from around the country have been categorized by EPA and placed on the National Priorities List (NPL). There are roughly 1,200 sites on this Superfund list.

After reading this manual you will be familiar with:

- The most common toxins found at brownfield sites;
- State-of-the-art methods to eliminate these toxins;
- Different financing tools for brownfields redevelopment;
- The process for involving the community in cleaning up brownfields and placing them back in productive use; and,
- Strategies for sustainable development of brownfields.
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