NYC Receives EPA Brownfield Grant
New York City was awarded a $200,000 U.S. EPA brownfield assessment grant to examine potential environmental contamination at brownfield sites throughout the city.

N.J. Cleanup Star Program Completes Its First Year
In its first year of operation, New Jersey’s Cleanup Star program approved 60 remedial projects in the program designed to expedite remedial work at less complex contaminated sites in the state.

Philadelphia Eyesore to Be Developed
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has entered into two agreements to ensure that developer Essington Avenue Partners LP will transform a 50-acre eyesore in southwest Philadelphia into a community asset.

Statutory Relief in Connecticut
On June 7, 2005, Connecticut Governor Jody Rell signed into law Public Act 05-90 (formerly Senate Bill 795). This legislation creates a statutory bar to lawsuits against innocent land-owners for costs or damages to third parties for pollution existing prior to taking title to a property on and after October 1, 2005.

From Wire Rope to the Kelly Cup
The Sovereign Bank Arena, owned and operated by Mercer County, New Jersey, is something of a come-from behind-victory. It is one of New Jersey’s pioneering brownfield success stories that both economically and environmentally reflects the best of outcomes that can result from public-private partnerships.

How Clean Is Clean: A Comparison
An essential element of most voluntary cleanup programs is to gear required cleanups to present or anticipated future land uses so that higher-contact (greater risk of exposure) uses receive more complete cleanups. See how five eastern states compare.