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Other Useful Sites

The Brownfields Center
The Environmental Law Institute's Brownfields Center provides essential information on brownfields cleanup and redevelopment with a focus on the concerns and needs of community groups across the country. The Center's goal is to encourage and support effective citizen participation in the redevelopment of brownfields.

Brownfields Economic Development Initiative
This HUD program features grant funds that are primarily targeted for use with a particular emphasis upon the redevelopment of brownfields sites in economic development projects and the increase of economic opportunities for low-and moderate-income persons.

EPA Brownfields: This EPA website contains basic information and funding information.

National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals
:NALGEP's website offers reports on topics such as superfund liability issues and revitalizing southeastern communities.

National Brownfield Associations

National Brownfield Associations (NBA) is an international umbrella organization of national associations
focused on the responsible redevelopment of brownfields. They offer training and technical assistance.

Western Pennsylvania Brownfields Center


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Coal Creek Watershed Brownfields Project

Access a power point presentation by ARCADIS. This presentation introduces the challenges, objectives, and approaches of a Mine-Scarred Lands Brownfields Assessment project in Anderson County, TN.

Mine-Scarred Lands Initiative Tool Kit

This resource shares lessons learned by the Brownfields Federal Partnership Mine-Scarred Lands (MSL) Initiative through six demonstration projects conducted across the country on both hard rock and coal sites. It features the experiences of the six projects and links to other mine cleanup and reuse resources.

Using Brownfields Grants for Watershed Restoration

The Webcast will showcase the Black Warrior-Cahaba Rivers Land Trust in Jefferson County, Alabama, which has received a $200,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant for the Five Mile Creek Project. Powerpoint slides, audio, and podcasts available.