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| EPA Recognizes Beneficial Uses of Coal Combustion Products |
| The Environmental Protection Agency’s Coal Combustion Products Partnership program recognized 20 organizations and individuals for safely increasing the use of coal combustion products (CCPs) at an awards ceremony held on July 2. The program, which is cosponsored by FHWA, the American Coal Ash Association, and several other federal agencies and industry groups, promotes the beneficial use of CCPs and the environmental benefits resulting from their use in applications such as highway pavement. For more information, link to the Coal Combustion Products Partnership. (7-2-08)
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| EPA Awards $6.3 Million in Supplemental Brownfield Cleanup Funding |
| The Environmental Protection Agency has announced that 16 state and local governments have been awarded more than $6.3 million in supplemental funding under the brownfields cleanup revolving loan fund program to continue cleanup activities at brownfields properties. For more information, link to the Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilots/Grants webpage. (6-12-08)
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| EPA Posts Primer on Sustainable Remediation of Contaminated Sites |
| NCHRP Report Addresses Testing of Recycled Aggregates for Use in Highway Pavement |
| EPA Awards $74 Million in Brownfields Grants |
| Communities in 43 states, 2 tribal nations, and 2 territories have been awarded over $74 million in EPA brownfields grants for fiscal year 2008. The agency’s announcement lists a total of 314 assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants intended to assist communities with redeveloping former industrial and commercial sites. For more information, link to the FY 2008 Brownfields Grants. (4-7-08)
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| EPA Workshop Addresses Construction and Demolition Recycling |
| The Environmental Protection Agency hosted a web conference on Feb. 21, 2008, regarding reuse and recycling of demolition and construction debris. The conference included case studies from four different projects and facilities in California; New England; Portland, Maine; and Fauquier County, Va. For more information, including Powerpoint presentations from the conference, link to EPA’s Resource Conservation Challenge Web Academy website. (3-6-08)
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| FHWA Newsletter Highlights Environmental Stewardship Team for Pavement and Materials |
| The Federal Highway Administration has published the February 2008 issue of its Centered on Service Newsletter, which includes an article highlighting the new Environmental Stewardship FALCON Team, one of six agency-wide FALCON teams recently formed to implement the objectives of the pavement and materials program. The Environmental Stewardship Team is charged with promoting cost-effective, sustainable practices for highway and pavement materials, including the use of recycled materials in pavement construction and new technologies such as warm-mix asphalt. For more information, link to Centered on Service, Vol. 4, Issue 1. (2-11-08)
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| Report Describes Status of State Beneficial Use Programs |
| The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials has posted online a report describing a survey of how states and territories manage requests for beneficial use of nonhazardous, industrial solid wastes. The 2006 Beneficial Use Survey Report cites an increase in requests for beneficial uses of wastes such as coal combustion byproducts, foundry sands, and construction and demolition debris since ASTSWMO completed a first survey report in 2000. A total of 40 states responded to the second survey, with 34 of those states having programs or procedures in place for handling beneficial use requests. For more information, link to ASTSWMO 2006 Beneficial Use Survey Report. (November 2007) [back to top] | | |
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| Report Addresses Brownfield Redevelopment in Western North Carolina |
| A project summary report analyzing barriers to infill and brownfield redevelopment in the four-county Land-of-Sky Region in western North Carolina now is available online. The project, which was funded under EPA’s Smart Growth Brownfield grant program and conducted by the Land of Sky Regional Council, identified barriers such as inappropriate zoning and a lack of planning and financial incentives. The report also describes possible policy solutions for overcoming those barriers and cites efforts by some municipalities in the region to improve the regulatory climate for infill and brownfield redevelopment. For more information, link to Stimulating Infill and Brownfield Redevelopment in the Land-of-Sky Region. (2-5-08) [back to top] | | |
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| Summit to Address Beneficial Use of Industrial Materials |
| The Environmental Protection Agency, Federal Highway Administration, and other cooperating state agencies and industry groups will host the Beneficial Use of Industrial Materials Summit on March 31-April 3, 2008, in Denver. The summit is designed to give regulators, industry representatives, and other stakeholders a forum for discussing issues related to the recycling and reuse of industrial materials, such as coal combustion byproducts, foundry sands, and construction and demolition materials in transportation, building construction, and agriculture applications. The summit also will address issues affecting state environmental programs and regulatory decisions and barriers to increasing beneficial use of these materials. For more information, link to Beneficial Use of Industrial Materials Summit. (1-23-08) [back to top] | | |
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| Detroit to Host National Brownfields Conference |
| EPA and the International City/County Management Association are cosponsoring the 12th annual National Brownfields Conference, to be held on May 5-7, 2009, in Detroit. The conference will feature educational sessions on green development, remediation, risk management, real estate, and other topics; awards presentations for regional brownfields projects; exhibits of the latest brownfields technologies and services; and a Brownnfields Transaction Forum. For more information, link to the Brownfields 2008 Conference. (1-22-08) [back to top] | | |
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| Forums Address Recycling of Foundry Sand/Asphalt Shingles in Highway Applications |
| The EPA recently held two forums, cosponsored by the Federal Highway Administration and industry associations, on the use of recycled materials for engineered products and highway applications. The first event was a workshop help on October 31 in Chicago, which focused on the reuse of foundry sand, a byproduct of the metal casting industry, in various infrastructure applications such as hot-mix asphalt and pavement. Also in Chicago on November 1-2, the 3rd Asphalt Shingle Recycling Forum addressed topics on the recycling of asphalt shingles, including technological developments, engineering and mix designs for modified asphalts, environmental and worker safety issues, and economics. For more information on the forums, link to the co-sponsor’s websites at Foundry Industry Recycling Starts Today and Shingle Recycling.org. (11-2-07) [back to top] | | |
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| Workshop To Focus on Building Infrastructure with Recycled Material |
| FHWA Technical Advisory Addresses Use of Recycled Pavement |
| EPA Provides Guidelines for Use of Granular Mine Tailings in Transportation |
| The Environmental Protection Agency has issued a final rule setting forth criteria for the environmentally protective use of granular mine tailings, or “chat,” in federally-funded transportation construction projects. The rule also recommends criteria for the beneficial use of chat in other nontransportation, nonresidential concrete and cement projects, such as commercial foundations, sidewalks, and parking areas. For more information, link to EPA’s granular mine tailings rule website. (6-6-07) [back to top] | | |
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| EPA Awards $71 Million in Brownfields Grants |
| Communities in 38 states, five tribal nations, and 2 territories have been awarded $70.7 million in EPA brownfields grants for fiscal year 2007. The agency’s announcement lists a total of 294 assessment, revolving loan fund, and cleanup grants intended to assist communities with redeveloping former industrial and commercial sites. For more information, link to the FY 2007 Brownfields Grants. (5-14-07) [back to top] | | |
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| EPA Announces Effort to Help Communities Reuse Superfund Sites |
| The Environmental Protection Agency launches an initiative to assist community programs working to reuse cleaned up Superfund sites.EPA will be partnering with 11 communities throughout the United States to launch the “Return to Use” initiative.Projects are located in California, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Missouri, Tennessee and Utah.The initiative encourages productive use of sites by helping to remove physical or institutional barriers to community use, such as fences at a site or legal deed limitations restricting access. Get more information. [back to top] | | |
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| EPA Issues Report on Construction Debris |
| Guidelines for managing construction and demolition debris are the focus of a recent Environmental Protection Agency report aimed at preventing pollution and reducing and recycling waste. The report, RCRA in Focus: Construction, Demolition, and Renovation, released by the agency Sept. 29, also provides a regulatory overview, and lists relevant resources. View the report [PDF 1.44mb]. [back to top] | | |
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| FHWA Review of Recycled Concrete Applications Available |
| A new Federal Highway Administration report, Transportation Applications of Recycled Concrete Aggregate [PDF 3.72mb], documents the most advanced uses of recycled concrete aggregate (RCA) for transportation uses in the United States based on a review of practices in five states: Texas, Virginia, Michigan, Minnesota and California. The report is intended to provide the state transportation agencies with recommendations, guidelines and specifications for furthering the use of RCA more widely throughout the country. [back to top] | | |
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| EPA Issues Report on Brownfields Progress by Federal Agencies |
| A new EPA report documents two years of progress by the Brownfields Federal Partnership. The progress report demonstrates progress fulfilling the commitments made by 23 federal agencies. EPA said it has awarded approximately $77 million in Brownfields assessment, cleanup, revolving loan fund, and job training grants to communities nationwide and $49.7 million to states and tribes to establish or enhance their Brownfields programs in fiscal year 2004 alone. View the Brownfields Federal Partnership Progress Report. [back to top] | | |
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| EPA Proposal Would Require All Appropriate Inquiries for Brownfields Acquisition |
| EPA announces a proposed rule requiring potential owners to conduct certain inquiries into the previous ownership, uses, and environmental conditions of the land prior to purchase.If the inquiries are performed properly and other reasonable steps undertaken, the purchasers can buy the land with assurance from EPA that they will not be subject to lawsuits under the Superfund hazardous waste cleanup law. Get more information.
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| U.S. Conference of Mayors Announces Brownfields Investment Initiative |
| The United States Conference of Mayors and Cherokee Investment Partners have announced a joint effort designed to fast-track the clean up of contaminated properties in cities and towns nationwide. Get more information.
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