Federal Highway Administration

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Federal Highway Administration

• Brownfields, Waste Management, and Recycling

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Brownfields, Waste Management and Recycling

• FHWA Environmental Conference
• June 2004
• Constance M. Hill
• Office of Natural and Human Environment

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Presentation Overview

• . Background
• . USDOT/FHWA Brownfields Policy
• . New Brownfields Legislation
• . Brownfields Federal Partnership
• . FHWA Brownfield Activities
• . Other Things Going On

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Background

• Brownfields are abandoned, idle or underutilized
  industrial and commercial property where
  expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real
  or perceived contamination from hazardous
  substances

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Background (cont.)

• Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or
  reuse of which may be complicated by the presence
  or potential presence of a hazardous substance,
  pollutant, or contaminant.
• Less polluted than Superfund sites

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USDOT /FHWA Brownfields Policy

• In 1998, USDOT revised its long-standing policy
  that required transportation agencies to avoid
  contaminated properties
• USDOT and FHWA now permit state and local
  transportation agencies and MPOs the flexibility
  to consider brownfields redevelopment in their
  transportation planning

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USDOT Brownfields Policy (Continued)

• No separate DOT funding source for
  brownfields-related transportation projects
• State DOTs may use some of their Federal
  transportation funding for site clean-up and
  construction

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New Brownfields Legislation

• The Brownfields Reform and Small Business
  Liability Relief Act
• Encourage brownfield and redevelopment
• Provides liability relief and protection

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Brownfields Federal Partnership

• Action Agenda
• DOT Commitments
• FHWA Commitments

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FHWA Brownfield Activities

• Research
• Guidance Development
• Whats Next?

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Other Things Happening

• FHWA Recycling Team
• Agency Recycling Policy
• Recycled Concrete Aggregate Domestic Scan

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Summary

• Encourage reuse of brownfields
• Meet DOT commitments to Action Agenda
• Provide more technical assistance