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Use and Reuse at EPA Cleanup Sites
The U.S. EPA has released its first comprehensive review of how land is now being used at CERCLA and RCRA sites in the mid-Atlantic region.

Quick Cleanup at Andrews AFB
A highly contaminant-impacted site at a service station on Andrews Air Force Base in Maryland was recently cleaned up after only 11 months of accelerated bioremediation.

Funding for Massachusetts Site
The Plymouth Redevelopment Authority (PRA) will use loan proceeds from the MassDevelopment Brownfields Redevelopment Fund and Sovereign Bank to remediate a long-blighted 72,420 square foot parcel of land.

Williamsburg Works: An Environmental Justice Success Story
Williamsburg Works’ Environmental Technician Training, in Brooklyn, New York, provides unemployed and under-employed people with new career opportunities.

Dredging Up Resources in New Jersey
The question posed to the regulatory and the redevelopment communities was how to link two issues -- the need to manage dredge from a port deepening project and how to provide fill and cover material for landfill redevelopments. Two major policy initiatives have since solved the problems.

 

 

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