Highlight of a Team: Brownfields

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Highlight of a TeamBrownfields

• ITRC Fall Conference
• Memphis, TN
• October 27, 2005

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Christine Costopoulos Team Leader, Empire State
DevelopmentTerri Smith, ELM Inc., Program
Advisor

• The Others
• Charles Bartsch Richard Mach
• Jo Cherie Overcash Nancy Porter
• Cindy Miesbach Megan Cambridge
• Kelly Black Gary Riley
• Paul Black Tracey Seymour
• Barry Brawley Monica Sheets
• J.R. Capasso Kai Steffens
• David Criswell Gwen Zervas
• Annette Gatchett Ann Vega
• Renee Gelblat Lowell Kessel
• Ken Gilland Gail Jeter

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Brownfields

• 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.

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Legacy of Industrial Past
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Superfund was Successful

• Cleaned up highly contaminated sites
• Provided public funding
• Held polluters responsible for cleanup

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Brownfields

• Contamination impedes use
• Uncertainty over liability
• Redevelopment is desirable

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LIABILITY
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UNCERTAIN CLEANUP COSTS
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POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS
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ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
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UNEMPLOYMENT
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ERODING TAX BASE
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NEIGHBORHOOD DECLINE
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Goals of Brownfield Programs

• Clean up contaminated property
• Create certainty and predictability
• Return property to productive use
• Preserve greenspace

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Why a Brownfields Team?

• Address brownfield-related issues in the
  remediation and reuse of contaminated sites
• Identify innovative solutions and approaches
• Compile solutions, lessons learned, and case
  studies that would be useful nationwide

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Team Activities

• Completed Vapor Intrusion Issues at Brownfield
  Sites "December 2003)

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Team Activities

• Partner with the U.S.EPA in the US - German
  Bilateral Working Group
• Develop the Site-Specific Management Approach and
  Revitalization Tools (SMARTe) Plan Electronic
• SMARTe is a web-based decision support tool to
  develop and evaluate cleanup technologies and
  future reuse scenarios for potentially
  contaminated sites.

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Model Project Identification

• ITRC Brownfields Team provided candidate sites
• 45 sites considered from across the U.S.
• Site were reviewed and nominated for inclusion in
  study
• Team members ranked sites according to potential
  value to the study
• Identify obstacles to revitalization

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US-German Working Group Workshops
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SMARTe
Entry

• SMARTe contains four components
• SMARTe Screen - Screening tool that steps
  through the revitalization process
• SMARTe Resource An eDocument detailing the
  revitalization process
• SMARTe Search Search SMARTe for tools and best
  practices
• SMARTe Tools Tools to analyze and solve
  brownfield issues

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Who will Benefit from SMARTe?

• Federal, State, and Local Government Officials
• Community members
• Regulators
• Redevelopment Agencies
• Financial and Legal Stakeholders
• Developers
• Property Owners
• Private Consultants

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Beta Version of SMARTe

• www.itrcweb.org
• www.smarte.org

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And Now

• Property Revitalization Lessons Learned from
  BRAC and Brownfields
• Evaluation of the processes used to cleanup,
  transfer and revitalize properties affected by
  Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) and
  properties affected by contamination, commonly
  known as brownfields.

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Property Revitalization Lessons Learned from
BRAC and Brownfields

• Inform federal, state and local government
  agencies about how successful concepts in either
  the BRAC or brownfield setting may be used to
  increase the efficiency of site cleanup and
  reuse.

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BRAC Program Overview

• Property Disposal Under BRAC
• BRAC Property Transfer Process
• Environmental Cleanup in the Property Disposal
  Process
• BRAC Cleanup Team
• Addressing Environmental Considerations in the
  BRAC Process

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Brownfield Program Overview

• Federal and State Environmental Program
  Initiatives
• State Voluntary Cleanup Programs
• RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative
• Superfund Redevelopment Initiative

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Redevelopment Planning Overview

• Participants in the Planning and Redevelopment
  Process
• Pre-application Conferences and Meetings
• Zoning, Planning and Subdivision
• Site Plan Approval
• Land Use Laws

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Environmental Considerations

• Addressing Environmental Contamination
• Environmental Remedial Process
• Innovative Techniques and Technologies
• Institutional Control/Engineering controls
• Long Term Stewardship

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Liability, Social and Economic Issues for
Consideration

• Liability
• Economic Considerations of Contaminated Property
• Property Valuation
• Ownership/History
• Location
• Infrastructure Investment

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Liability, Social and Economic Issues for
Consideration

• Social Considerations
• Competing Interests
• Community Perception
• Environmental Justice
• Native American Lands and other Cultural
  Resources

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Bringing it all Together

• BRAC installations and brownfield sites have
  similar impacts on the communities in which they
  are located.
• To lessen these impacts and facilitate the reuse
  of these properties the programs share the same
  goals.
• These goals include, but are not limited to the
  implementation of a cleanup that is protective of
  human health and the environment and the ultimate
  reuse of contaminated property.

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Case Studies

• The ITRC Brownfield Team evaluated 43 Former
  Military Installations and Brownfield sites for
  the information and illustrations provided in the
  document

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PARTNERSHIPS
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BUSINESS PARKS
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COMMUNITY REVITALIZATION
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INDUSTRIAL REDEVELOPMENT
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EMPLOYMENT
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RECREATION
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WATERFRONT REDEVELOPMENT
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RESIDENTIAL REDEVELOPMENT
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Thank you, thank you very much!!

• www.itrcweb.org
• Christine Costopoulos
• New York State
• Empire State Development
• 518-292-5348
• ccostopoulos_at_empire.state.ny.us