Brownfields offer tremendous potential and opportunities that include improving quality of life, the environment, and a future that is prosperous and sustainable for communities. Learn how key partners, various resources, and funding sources are leveraged throughout the brownfields process to realize successful redevelopment and hear what it takes to assemble all the components to enhance communities with new housing, food establishments, and other build outs. -Ignacio Dayrit, Program Director, Center for Creative Land Recycling (TAB), Berkeley, CA -Blase Leven, Director, KSU Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB), Manhattan, KS -Sean Vroom, Director, NJIT Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB), Newark, NJ

2. Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program
● Assists communities and tribes
with the brownfields
redevelopment process
● Planning, environmental &
economic development
expertise
● Services provided are FREE and
tailored to specific needs
● A national program funded by
U.S. EPA grant
● Webinars, workshops, one-on-
one assistance e-tools (e.g., BiT,
TAB EZ) & online resources

3. Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program
TAB service providers:
● University of Connecticut (1)
● New Jersey Institute of
Technology (NJIT) (2)
● The West Virginia University
Research Corporation (3)
● The International City/County
Management Association (4)
● Kansas State University (5,6,7,8)
● Center for Creative Land
Recycling (CCLR) (9, 10)

4. Today’s Presenters
Blase Leven has over 30 years of public- and private-sector environmental experience and
has worked with the KSU TAB program since it was piloted in 1997. He is currently the
Director of KSU TAB Programs that assists over 150 communities per year, in EPA Regions
5 – 8, and tribes nationwide. His expertise ranges from organizing brownfields programs
and redevelopment strategies to restoring urban and mine-impacted soils. He holds BS &
MS degrees, and professional licensure, in Geology.
Sean Vroom has over 28 years of professional experience in the environmental field for
both the public and private sectors. As the Director of the NJIT’s TAB Program, he
manages technical assistance to hundreds of communities pursuing brownfield cleanup in
21 states, 2 US territories, Washington DC, and 29 tribal nations. He has a BS in
Environmental Planning & Design from Rutgers University.

5. Today’s Presenters
Ignacio Dayrit has over 30 years of experience in public sector development including:
grant writing, fiscal and financial analysis, public financing, feasibility analyses, community
outreach and participation and urban design. With CCLR, he has assisted communities
throughout the west to obtain state and Federal grants and technical assistance.
Seth Otto is a principal planner with a passion for community development and urban and
environmental revitalization. His work focuses on land use planning, brownfield
redevelopment, public policy, and sustainability. He has nearly 20 years of experience and
currently leads MFA’s planning team. He is recognized as a strong and effective project and
team manager with expertise in collaboration with diverse multidisciplinary teams. Seth is
engaged in redevelopment planning for brownfield and underutilized properties around the
Pacific Northwest for both public and private clients.

6. Polling - Tell us about yourself . . .
1. Where are you from?
2. How experienced are you with
brownfields?
3. What words come to mind
when you hear the term
‘Brownfield’?
1. Your name & title of your
organization?
Go to menti.com,
enter code
3595 3989

7. ● Properties with possible or real environmental issues that are limiting
reuse of the site
● Eligible for liability protections and funding
● Can start revitalization efforts that won’t otherwise happen
● Devel Orgs / Local Gov’ts / Non profits usually coordinate this
Brownfields

8. Why Redevelop Brownfields?
● Makes financial sense
○ Free money available for assessment,
cleanup, etc.
○ Using existing infrastructure
○ Desirable locations that encourage a
mix of land uses to provide services
that may be lacking
○ Increase local tax base and facilitate
job growth
● Less uncertainty with redevelopment timing
& outcome
○ Community involvement
○ Identify phases and funding along the
way
Preserve
Preserve
community
character and
history
Mitigate
Mitigate
blight, public
health, and
safety
concerns
Promote
Promote infill
and vacant
property
reclamation
reducing the
need to
develop
greenfields

9. Use the Brownfields Law & Incentives to secure these, for your stakeholders’ projects:
Liability protections from past contamination for prospective purchasers, contiguous landowners and
others
−Perform at least a Phase I environmental assessment before purchase and cooperate in addressing
environmental issues
Funding for Assessments, Cleanup, Redevelopment,
−for eligible sites and entities
The Process
Plan Address Environmental Risks Redevelop

10. Agenda
● Define Brownfields (Sean)
● Steps and Resources for
Redevelopment
○ Early Planning (Sean)
○ Environmental (Blase)
○ Redevelop (Ignacio)
● Case Studies (Seth)
● Wrap Up (Blase)

11. What is a Brownfield?
● “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.”
U.S. EPA

12. What is a Brownfield?

13. What is a Brownfield?

14. Negative Impacts of Brownfields
● Illegal activities (i.e., vandals,
dumping)
● Degrade soil, water and air
quality
● Lower property values
Reduced employment
opportunities
● Loss of tax revenues
● Limit economic growth
http://fieldsenvironmentalinc.com/brownfield_rede
velopment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brownfield_lan
d
HEREANDNOW.WBUR.ORG http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/highla
nd-news-leader/article33406179.html

15. Advantages of Brownfields
● Located along waterways and rail lines
● Located in downtowns
● Have existing infrastructure
http://www.pvpc.org/projects/brownfields http://www.rochestersubway.com http://www.newsworks.org/index.php

16. Advantages of Having a Brownfield Site
BEFORE BEFORE
AFTER AFTER

17. Environment
● Removal of contaminants and pollutants
● Improved air quality, water quality, natural habitats
Source:
http://www.lustreconsulting.com/service/contami
nated-land-assessement
Source: www.wilcoxandbarton.com Source: http://maaonline.com/projects/
Source:
http://www.flynnenvironmental.com/services/brownfiel
ds-redevelopment
Source: https://dirt.asla.org/2013/05/29/brownfields-are-
just-untapped-assets
Source:
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/highlan
d-news-leader/article33406179.html

18. Economy
● Spurs economic development
● Creates jobs
● Increases tax revenues
● Provides diverse economic base
Source: http://www.plazaconstruction.com/portfolio/retail/case-study-target-at-btm
Source: https://www.brownfieldrenewal.com Source: http://www.bhjmpc.org
Source: https://www.ironhillcm.com/featured/cigars-
international

19. Social Equity
● Removes health and safety hazards
● Removes eye sore; improves community appearances
● Alleviates community fears and worries
Community Needed Land Uses:
● a variety of housing options
● recreation and open space
● commercial and retail space; employment options
● schools
● health care facilities
● urban agriculture
Source: https://smartgrowthamerica.org
Source: Elizabeth Limbrick
Source: www.moderncities.com Source: https://www.langan.com
Source: http://www.thegazette.com

20. Triple Bottom Line
Cleaned up and
redeveloped
brownfields
key ingredients to creating economically, environmentally, and socially equitable communities

21. Early Planning
“Luck favors
the prepared.”
-Louis Pasteur

22. Why is it important to Plan?
● Helps garner community
participation and support
● Attracts funding
● Attracts developers
● Ensures project continuity

23. Elements of an Effective Redevelopment Planning Process
● Project Champion
● Project Vision
● Inventory of Brownfields
● Prioritization of Identified
Brownfields
● Funding
● Partners & Stakeholders
● Assessing Where You’re At
● Community Engagement

24. Early Planning
Partners and Stakeholders
● Navigating the road to
brownfields redevelopment
success can be complex and
challenging.
● Developing relationships and
meaningful partnerships are
critical to success!

25. Early Planning
Partners in Brownfields Redevelopment
Typical partners include:
● government agencies: federal,
state, and local
● real estate development
professionals
● colleges and universities
● banks/lenders
● Chamber of Commerce/business
owners
● neighborhood associations and
other community groups
● non-profits
● environmental consultants
● environmental justice organizations
Also go beyond the ‘usual suspects’:
● faith based organizations
● arts and culture community
● medical community

26. Early Planning
Assess Where You Are At
● How does the brownfield site
fit within the context of the
larger community?
● What actions have already
been taken?
● What do you know about
your site(s)?

27. Early Planning
Community Engagement
● Who is the community?
● Why are you engaging the community?
● What is the purpose? What do you hope to achieve?
● How will you engage the community?
● When will you engage the community?
● What will you do with the results of the engagement?
Successful community engagement empowers citizens, elevates community
spirit, strengthens social inclusion, and contributes to meaningful change.

28. Visioning: Neighborhood >> to parcel

29. Vision to Action (V2A)
● Community assessment
● Goal setting
● Prioritization
● Consensus building
● Fund-raising
● Community contributions
● Leadership support and participation
● Staff commitment
● Neighborhood needing improvement
● Ideas to be organized

30. Addressing the Environmental Risks
To reduce
these:
● Phase I Environmental Site Assessment
● Phase II Environmental Site Assessment
● Cleanup, if necessary
● Uncertainty of cost
● Fear of liability
● Uncertainty of timing
● Lock in partners/funding
● Move ahead with our plan
Do these:
So we can:

31. Perform Environmental Assessments
● Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessments (ESAs), satisfying EPA’s All Appropriate
Inquiry (AAI) Rule
○ to identify environmental risks before purchase and/or revitalization
○ to secure prospective purchaser, contiguous landowners, and other
liability protections & funding
○ helps new owners understand ‘continuing obligations’ beforehand
○ evaluate whether environmental and other types of risks are worth accepting /
correcting in a case where contamination is discovered
○ almost always required in private sector before commercial property purchase,
and most major improvements and expansions
○ requirement for EPA Brownfields and other types Federal funding
● Performed by Qualified Environmental Professional
● American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) Standards
○ Phase I Environmental Assessment (ASTM 1527-13)
○ Phase II ESA (ASTM 1903-11)

32. Continuing Obligations:
What New Owners are Responsible For
● Appropriate care and steps to prevent future releases or
exposures to humans and the environment
● Provide required legal notices, information requests and
comply with land use controls
● Cooperate with persons authorized to conduct response
actions and natural resource restoration

33. First: Phase I Environmental Assessment
● Identifies potential or known
recognized environmental
conditions (RECs)
● Involves:
○ Records review
○ Site reconnaissance
○ Interviews
○ Report
● Important to evaluate all
relevant types of environmental
risks to revitalization goals

34. Second Step, if Needed: Phase II Site Assessment
● Evaluates known or potential
RECs
● Tailored to site-specific situation
○ Limited sampling and
laboratory analysis to
confirm or rule out concerns
○ Extensive sampling and
analysis to define nature and
extent of contamination
○ Recommendations regarding
cleanup, if necessary

35. Brownfields Cleanup, if Needed
● Prevent exposure to contaminants
○ Treatment, removal, containment
○ Land use or institutional controls (if residual contaminants remain)
● Understand contaminant exposure pathways & compare to cleanup
authority standards
● Refer to redevelopment goals
○ What is the future land use?
○ How clean is clean for your project?
○ Are land use restrictions or long-term monitoring required?
○ Is a Cleanup Certificant or No Further Action (NFA) possible?

36. TAB can help...
● Help find and evaluate environmental consultants
● Review and explain to the community technical plans and reports
(Work Plans, QAPPS, Phase I & II ESAs, etc.)
● Guidance through regulatory framework
● Review U.S. EPA grant proposals
○ Request 1-2 weeks advance notice of a review
○ Review and feedback typically occurs in 3-5 days
● Review Analysis of Brownfield Cleanup Alternatives (ABCA)

37. Integrating Cleanup & Redevelopment
Horizontal cleanup
Environmental Due Diligence
and Assessment
Phase I
Phase II
Analysis of Cleanup Options
Risk assessment
Feasibility study
Remedial Action Plans
Cost
Implementation
Risk Management

38. Trajectory of Brownfields Redevelopment
Horizontal cleanup
Analysis of Cleanup Options
Risk assessment
Feasibility study
Reuse
Planning
Environmental
Evaluation
Remedial
Action/
Cleanup Plans
Remediation Incentives Re-zoning Vertical
Build-out
Rent/Sell
PRE-DEVELOPMENT REPOSITIONING VERTICAL
DEVELOPMENT
INVESTMENT
EPA BROWNFIELDS GRANTS
Demolition
TIME
PUBLIC/PRIVATE INVESTMENT
Horizontal cleanup

39. Breakdown Project - “Bites”
Funding Sources & Needs Vary at Different Stages
● Components - economic development; housing; open space, etc.
● Phases - planning, assessment, acquisition, demolition, etc.
● Timing is critical
● Knowing when to ask and what to ask for
● Understanding what requirements will be, i.e. match, etc.
Source: dreamstime.com

40. Layers & Funding Strategies
● Funding needs and sources may differ at different phases of a project
● Successful strategy starts with clearly delineated project components and
phases
● Components / layers may include:
○ Housing, economic development, parks & rec, waterfront restoration, stormwater,
infrastructure, trail restoration, and so on
● Phases / bites may include:
○ Planning, site acquisition, assessment, demolition, cleanup, construction (can be phased),
operation

41. Leveraging to reuse
Plan & Planning
Stakeholders & Partners
Community Engagement
Goals setting
Identify Brownfields
Identify Funds & Financing
Phase I ESA
Phase II
Cleanup Planning
Leveraged Funds
Federal
State
Local
Private
Plans & Partners
Address
Environmental
Risks
Revitalize
Cleanup

42. Leveraged Funds
45
Horizontal cleanup
Horizontal cleanup Reuse
Site
Identification /
Visioning/
Planning /
Community
Involvement
Site Preparation
/ Infrastructure
Access /
Acquisition &
Environmental
Investigation
Environmental
Remediation
Be strategic: Think about when you need funds, and what you need to get funds
EPA MARC
DOT / DOE
EDA / USDA
HUD
State Funds
Tax Credits
Financing

43. Role of Local / Regional Government in Brownfield Reuse
● Requesting/brokering resources and
connections
● Planning
● Site promotion/marketing
● Fee waivers
● Expedited permit review
● Infrastructure development
● Interim title holder
● Catalytic site developer
● Grant applicant/recipient

44. EPA BROWNFIELD MARC 101 | in 101 seconds
Multipurpose Assessment Revolving
Loan Fund
Cleanup

45. USE OF FUNDS - ASSESSMENT - $47M
● Environmental Site Assessments (ESA)
○ Phase I
○ Phase II
○ Risk assessments, cleanup alternatives etc.
● Planning activities to prepare your brownfields site for redevelopment:
○ Site Reuse Vision
○ Revitalization Plan
○ Resource Roadmap
○ Evaluation of Market Viability
● Program management expenses
● Planning activities to initiate brownfields revitalization
○ Outreach
○ Site Reuse Assessment
○ Land Use Assessment
○ Market Study
○ Infrastructure Evaluation
○ Community Health Assessment
○ Site Disposition Strategy

46. USE OF FUNDS - CLEANUP - $13M
● Cleanup activities…Planning to
Remediation
● Programmatic expenses
● Health monitoring
● Monitoring and enforcement of
institutional controls
● Environmental insurance

47. USE OF FUNDS – REVOLVING LOAN FUND (RLF) - $8M
● Capitalize revolving loans and
subgrants for cleanup activities
● Same as cleanup grant and more
with Program Income

48. Funding Assistance | NADO, Tribe, Town, School
● $12M to OR since 2015
● Average grant $475,000
● Local government
● COG/MPO
● Nonprofit/School
● Economic Development District
● May include - Ports

49. Funding Assistance | COGs, EDDs, EDAs, MPO
● Nevada
○ Northern Nevada Development
Association
○ Western Nevada Development
District
● California
○ Association of Bay Area
Governments
● Oregon
○ METRO
○ Riverfront

50. Case Studies: Willamette Riverfront Brownfields
St. Helens
Zidell
Willamette Falls

51. Case Studies: Willamette Riverfront Brownfields
● Reclaiming Amenities
● Advancing Economic Development
● Revitalizing Critical Habitat
● Recognizing Cultural Heritage
● Gaining Public Access

52. WILLAMETTE FALLS &
BLUE HERON MILL
Oregon City

63. ZIDELL
Portland

79. Riverfront District
St. Helens

92. Use the Brownfields Law & Incentives to secure these, for your stakeholders’ projects:
Liability protections from past contamination for prospective purchasers, contiguous landowners and
others
−Perform at least a Phase I environmental assessment before purchase and cooperate in addressing
environmental issues
Funding for Assessments, Cleanup, Redevelopment,
−for eligible sites and entities
Review & Wrap Up
Plan Address Environmental Risks Redevelop

93. TAB Can Help!
● Help identifying and inventorying brownfields
● Strategic planning and redevelopment visioning
● Economic market and feasibility analysis
● Educational workshops
● Community outreach and input
● Help identify funding sources
● Review of grant applications - including ARC proposal reviews
● Help finding and evaluating environmental consultants
● Review of plans and technical reports
● Fact sheets and information
● Other assistance, as needed and agreed upon

94. ● Online data management tool to
store and track site information
○ Accessed anytime for internal day-to-day
use – password protected
(www.ksutab.org/tools )
○ Mobile App allows access anywhere
● Structured to mirror the brownfields
redevelopment process
○ Site details
○ Assessment, cleanup, institutional
controls
○ Redevelopment
● Upload photos and documents
● Generate maps

95. Community Engagement & Reuse Planning

96. TAB EZ Grant Writing Tool for
EPA Assessment & Cleanup Proposals!
● User friendly and can be accessed
anytime at the user’s own pace
● User name/password – PRIVACY
PROTECTION
● Primary user can give access to
collaborators
● Helpful Hints for grant criteria to be
addressed
● Integrates Brownfield education
with online support: definitions,
proposal guidelines, pertinent web
links, and past successful proposals
https://www.ksutab.org/tools

97. Funding Roadmaps

98. Other TAB Resources
● Educational Workshops
● Web pages full of resources
○ State Resources Directory
○ Online Training Modules and
Webinars
○ Citizen Briefs, Fact Sheets,
Examples
● Other assistance as needed and
agreed upon
www.ksutab.org/stateresources

99. Application Process for TAB Assistance
● Contact us
● We’ll set up a meeting to discuss assistance needs
● Review needs and TAB capability
● Agree on a course of action
● Get started

100. Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Program
TAB service providers:
● Kansas State University assists in EPA
Regions 5, 6, 7 & 8
● Center for Creative Land Recycling
(CCLR) assists in EPA Regions 9 and
10
● New Jersey Institute of Technology
(NJIT) assists in EPA Region 2
● University of Connecticut assists in
EPA Region 1
● The West Virginia University
Research Corporation assists in EPA
Region 3
● The International City/County
Management Association assists in
EPA Region 4

101. Speaker Contact Information
● Blase Leven, KSU baleven@ksu.edu
● Sean Vroom, NJIT svroom@njit.edu
● Ignacio Dayrit, CCLR ignacio.dayrit@cclr.org
● Seth Otto, Maul Foster, sotto@maulfoster.com

102. Final Housekeeping
● Thank you for participating in today’s session!
● Let us know how we did by completing the post-workshop
evaluation.
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assistance agreements: New Jersey Institute of Technology (TR-83683001), Kansas State University (TR-83684001) and the Center for
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103. Questions for the Speakers?