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Brownfields The Brownfields Process
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Brownfield
Cleanups Succeed
The Brownfields Process
The Site Remediation Program's goal
is to help participants with any remedial activities
required during a brownfields redevelopment project.
Any party may seek DEP oversight through the Voluntary
Cleanup Program during the various phases of the
process-preliminary planning, final planning or site
remediation-to establish a scope and schedule of remedial
activities. State financial assistance through the Hazardous Discharge
Site Remediation Fund is available to eligible
participants. Listed below are various components
of the brownfields process emphasizing site remediation
issues.
Participants
- Sellers: Private parties or municipalities that own contaminated
sites in need of reuse market such properties to potential developers
or businesses or to the community for non-profit use such as open
space.
- Buyers: Developers or businesses in need of a site search for
an appropriate brownfields location to meet individual needs.
Preliminary Planning
- Determine if contamination is an issue by conducting a Preliminary
Assessment and, if necessary, Site Investigation.
- Seek state oversight, if desired, through the Voluntary Cleanup
Program and financing, if eligible, from the Hazardous Discharge
Site Remediation Fund.
- Analyze potential remedial costs, if any, along with estimates
of transaction costs and reuse value to determine if site meets
desired needs and objectives. This will include considering remedial
funding options (e.g., tax abatements and public and private finanacing)
and non-site remediation factors (e.g., available infrastructure,
transportation, taxes, financing, work force, insurance, community
needs and market forces).
Final Planning
- If contamination is an issue, conduct a Remedial Investigation
to define the contamination problem and quantify cleanup costs.
- Seek state oversight, if desired, through the Voluntary Cleanup
Program and financing, if eligible, from the Hazardous Discharge
Site Remediation Fund.
- Review mechanisms to provide certainty in cleanup costs including
liability provisions and insurance covering unforeseen cleanups
costs.
Site Remediation
- Select appropriate remedial action to allow residential or
commercial/industrial reuse through a Remedial Action Work Plan.
- Complete all remedial activities to fullfill DEP regulations to obtain a
No Further Action letter.
Redevelopment and Reuse
- Construction of residential, commercial or industrial facilities
that allow reuse of a site for new ventures.
- Creation of open space and recreational opportunities for community
residents.
Site Reuse
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Overview
- Brownfield Cleanups Succeed
- Process
- Site Reuse
- Community
Needs
- Contacts
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