Brownfields Redevelopment

Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Ph.D., is vice provost for global affairs as well as chair and Mayor George Christopher Professor of Public Administration at Golden Gate University. He founded GGU’s law enforcement and security program and is a San Francisco advocate for the safety and security of Filipino American kids and their families. Tad McGalliard is the director of research and development at the International City/County Management Association in Washington, DC. Ignacio Dayrit is the director of programs at the Center for Creative Land Recycling in Berkeley, California, and former redevelopment project manager for the City of Emeryville, California.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Preface

Part I. Introduction

1. City Governments and Brownfields Development

Roger L. Kemp

2. Overview of EPA’s Brownfields Program

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

3. Redeveloping Brownfields Good for Environment and Economy

David J. Robinson

4. Brownfields as a Mainstream Investment

Tad McGalliard

5. Innovations in Environmental Remediation

Tad McGalliard

6. How Donald Trump Became Counties’ Best Friend and Biggest Ally

Alan Greenblatt

Part II. Challenges, Risks, and Opportunities

• A. Challenges and Risks •

7. Groundbreaking Environmentalism

Stephen Goldsmith

8. Cleaning Up Toxic Sites Shouldn’t Clear Out the Neighbors

Lindsey Dillon

9. Don’t Give Up on Ambitious Green Architecture

Ian Mell

10. Pittsburgh Steps

Ron Littlefield

11. Toxic Lead Can Stay in the Body for Years After Exposure

Stuart Shalat

12. What Lies Beneath

James R. Elliott and Scott Frickel

13. Lead Poisoning’s Lifelong Toll Includes Lowering Social Mobility

Shefali Luthra

• B. Opportunities •

14. Financial and Nonfinancial Incentives

Tad McGalliard

15. Societal Disruptions Are Opportunities for Economic Development

Kim Briesemeister

16. Suburb City Managers Are Our First Responders

Tom Carroll and Brandi Blessett

17. Improving Water Quality Doesn’t Have to Wash Away Budgets

Ron Littlefield

18. Fighting Neighborhood Displacement, One Sewer Plant at a Time

Jayant Kairam

19. Setting the Stage for Leveraging Resources for Brownfields Revitalization

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

20. Key Steps in Successful Leveraging Strategies for Brownfields Projects

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Part III. Practices and Innovations

• A. Federal •

21. Smart Growth

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

22. Brownfields Federal Programs and Cases

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

23. Brownfields Federal Tax Incentives and Credits

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

24. Leveraging: Harbor Point in Stamford, Connecticut

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

25. Leveraging: North Port Revitalization in Dubuque, Iowa

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

26. Leveraging: Commerce Corridor in Ranson and Charles Town, West Virginia

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• B. State •

27. Florida Waste Cleanup Program

Florida Department of Environmental Protection

28. State of Ohio’s Brownfields Team

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

29. Brownfield Redevelopment Guide

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection

30. Oregon Brownfields Initiative

Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Oregon Business Development Department

31. Brownfields in Alaska

Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation

32. Brownfields: Transform the Past, Build for the Future

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

33. Louisiana Brownfields

Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

34. Brownfields in Washington

Washington State Department of Ecology

35. North Dakota’s Brownfields Program

North Dakota Department of Environmental Quality

36. Tribal Brownfields and Response Programs

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

• C. City •

37. The Factories of the Past Are Turning into the Data Centers of the Future

Graham Pickren

38. Cleaning Up House

Marcus Humberg, Martha Faust, Cheryl Ann Bishop

and Lyn Hikida

39. The Music City Miracle

Paula Middlebrooks

40. ICMA and CCLR’s Case Experiences

Clark Henry, Tad McGalliard and Ignacio Dayrit

• D. International •

41. The Reuse of U.S. Military Bases in the Philippines

Severo C. Madrona, Jr.

42. Under the Hood

Kevin C. Desouza, Michael Hunter and Tan Yigitcanlar

43. Brownfield Sites Are Opportunities in the Heart of Towns and Cities

Paul Nathanail

44. France Has a Unique Approach to Regenerating Inner Cities

Sebastien Darchen and Gwendal Simon

45. An Old German Steel Region Gets a Mindful Modern Makeover

Christa Reicher

46. Gasbrook Gasworks, Hamburg, Germany

Tad McGalliard

Part IV. Private and Nonprofit Environmental Professionals

47. How Do Brownfields Companies Innovate?

Mary Hashem and Stuart Miner

48. What Developers Really Want

Todd S. Davis

49. Retail Revolution and Retrofit

David S. Greensfelder

50. Brownfield Redevelopment and Environmental Insurance

Ed Morales

51. Land Recycling, Brownfields and the Center for Creative Land Recycling

Ignacio Dayrit

52. Municipal and Community Collaboration for Effective

Brownfields Redevelopment

Environmental Law Institute

53. Working with the Private Sector to Redevelop Brownfields

Environmental Law Institute

54. Environmental Site Assessments

Tad McGalliard

55. Remediation Planning, Reuse Planning and Site Design

Tad McGalliard

56. Remediation Technologies and Remedies

Tad McGalliard

Part V. The Future

57. The Importance of the Arts

Jay H. Dick

58. How Civic Tech Can Address Urban Inequality

Stephen Goldsmith

59. Are ­Car-Free Bridges the Future?

Alex Marshall

60. Reuses of Brownfields

Tad McGalliard

61. Identifying Future Uses for Brownfields

Environmental Law Institute

62. As Cities Look at Options for Financing Infrastructure, They Keep an Eye Out for ­Low-Income Residents

Paul W. Taylor

Appendices

A. Glossary and Acronyms of Brownfields and Economic Development Practices

Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III and Ignacio Dayrit

B. Brownfields Revitalization Act (2002)

C. Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development (BUILD) Act (2018)

D. Model Brownfields Legislation for States

Environmental Law Institute

About the Contributors

Index