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Brownfields News and Events Archive - 2000
News & Events
Archives
Note: EPA no longer updates this information, but it may be useful as a reference or resource.
Announcements, Press Releases, and Speeches
- Outreach Memo to RCRA Community - "Round 2 of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) Brownfields Pilots: Application Guidelines,
Selection Process, and Criteria"
Memorandum
[ HTML (6K) | PDF (2 pp, 272K, about PDF) ]
December 22, 2000
- Memo to EPA Regional Policy Managers - "Upcoming CY2001 Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Brownfields Pilots: Application
Guidelines, Selection Process, and Criteria"
Memorandum
[ HTML (16K) | PDF (5 pp, 924K, about PDF) ]
December 22, 2000
- Outreach Document -- "Frequently Asked Questions: EPA's RCRA
Brownfields Prevention Initiative Pilots" Questions and Answers (PDF) (6 pp, 20K, about PDF)
For more information, visit the RCRA Brownfields page.
- EPA announces nine new Job Training and Development Demonstration
Pilots
- Press Release
December 21, 2000
- Press Release
- Brownfields Showcase Communities
In October 2000, 12 Showcase Communities were designated. They include nine federally designated Empowerment Zones/Enterprise Communities, four small/rural communities, two tribes, and one Base Realignment and Closure Community (BRAC).- Brownfields Showcase Communities Fact Sheet
Publication Number: EPA 500-F-00-240
October 2000 - Press Release
October 2000
For more information, visit our Brownfields Showcase Communities page.
- Brownfields Showcase Communities Fact Sheet
- Housing Secretary Cuomo Announces Grants and Guaranteed Loans:
$129 MILLION IN HUD FUNDS TO BRING JOBS, REVITALIZE ENVIRONMENTALLY
DISTRESSED AREAS IN 22 U.S. COMMUNITIES
- HUD Press Release
August 11, 2000
- HUD Press Release
- New US EPA Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots
Announced
July 2000.
- EPA'S BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM RECOGNIZED AS INNOVATION LEADER
EPA Note to Correspondents - Brownfields Showcase Communities - Round 2 Finalists Announced
Finalist List
June 5, 2000
For more information, visit our Brownfields Showcase Communities page
- VICE PRESIDENT GORE ANNOUNCES OVER $35 MILLION IN BROWNFIELDS
GRANTS TO REVITALIZE CONTAMINATED PROPERTIES
- 56 Assessment Pilots, 30 Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots and 16 Job Training Pilots announced
Press Release
May 18, 2000
For more information and fact sheets on these pilots, visit the Brownfields Pilots/Grants page.
- Vice President Gore Awards Supplemental Assistance to Communities
for Assessment Demonstration Pilots.
White House Press Release
April 12, 2000
EPA Presents Philadelphia $150,000 for Brownfields
EPA Region 3 Press Release
April 11, 2000EPA AWARDS $200,000 GRANT FOR STOCKTON WATERFRONT RENEWAL PROJECT; SECTION OF STOCKTON CHANNEL HIDDEN FOR 50 YEARS WILL SOON EMERGE
EPA Region 9 Press Release
April 11, 2000Alphabetical List of Pilots Awarded
For more background information, view on the Supplemental Assistance Award Guidelines.
- Solicitation of Statements of Interest from Communities
Interested in Being Designated as Brownfields Showcase Communities
Press Advisory
March 16, 2000
Federal Register Notice
March 16, 2000
For more information, visit the Showcase Community page.
- Four RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative Pilots Chosen
March 16, 2000
Meetings and Deadlines
- December 18, 2000 - Deadline for Brownfields Cleanup Revolving
Loan Fund Applications
For more information, visit Brownfields Cleanup and Revolving Loan Fund Pilots.
- October 11 - 13, 2000 - Brownfields 2000 Conference
Atlantic City Convention Center, Atlantic City, New JerseyFor more Information visit the Brownfields 2000 Web Site
Presented by The Engineers' Society of Western Pennsylvania
Co-Sponsored by EPA and Others
Information on Previous Brownfields Conferences
- March 3, 2000 - Job Training and Development and Demonstration
Pilot Application Deadline
The Environmental Protection Agency will begin accepting applications for Brownfields Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilots through March 3, 2000. The application period will close March 3, 2000 and the Agency intends to competitively select ten Pilots by May, 2000.For more information, visit the Job Training and Development Demonstration Pilot Application page.
- Feb. 16, 2000 - EPA Expects to Fund 50 New Brownfields Pilots
in 2000
EPA is accepting proposals for the National Brownfields Assessment Pilots which are each funded up to $200,000 over two years. EPA expects to select 50 National brownfields assessment pilots by April 2000. All applications must be postmarked no later than Feb. 16, 2000.For more information, visit our Brownfields Application Information page.
- January 8, 2000 - Deadline for Supplemental Assistance for
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots Applications
For more information, visit Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilots.
Reports and Documents
- Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Marketing Guide and
Tool Kit (PDF) (64 pp, 1.2M, about PDF)
Publication Number: EPA 500-R-00-006
May 2000