The Western Region TAB Program is currently working on several
community-based projects.
You can read a little about them below.
For more information, please
contact us.
Organization or Project: Nevada Division of Environmental
Protection
TAB Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu,
541-737-4023
Description: TAB is exploring opportunities to collaborate
with the state brownfields coordinator, most likely on a rural brownfields
conference.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 11/4 /2002
- TAB met with state Department of Environmental Protection representatives
to discuss the planning and organization of a Nevada brownfields
conference in 2003. TAB provided suggestions about how to gage
potential interest in such a conference and provided information
about their experiences organizing similar conferences in Oregon.
Organization or Project: Clackamas County,
OR
TAB Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu,
541-737-4023
Description: The County was recently selected
as a brownfields grant recipient. TAB has agreed to assist the
County in its community outreach and education program. TAB anticipates
preparing and presenting workshops on site assessment and cleanup
for community members and selected property owners.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 12/3 /2001
- TAB has provided assistance to the county economic development
agency to assess potential brownfield redevelopment sites.
TAB provided input on a brownfields utilization plan to evaluate
strategic brownfields sites in Clackamas County. The plan
is intended to enable the county to determine the nature and
extent of contamination at these sites and develop an approach
and costs analysis for cleanup. TAB also assisted the county
in developing a comprehensive brownfields redevelopment strategy
and provided a letter of support for the county's 2001 EPA
grant application.
- 1 /7 /2002
- TAB prepared a letter of support for the County's EPA pilot
grant application.
- 9 /30/2002
- TAB discussed the county's community outreach needs and
the possibility of holding workshops on issues such as liability,
financing, and cleanup.
- 12/23/2002
- TAB is assisting Clackamas County with selection of a consultant
to do environmental assessments throughout the County. TAB activites
include review and comment on the Request For Proposal prepared
by the County. TAB staff will be serving on the committee charged
with reviewing incoming proposals and selecting a consulting/engineering
team.
Organization or Project: Oregon Brownfields
Conference
TAB Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu,
541-737-4023
Date TAB learned about the community: 1/1/1999
Description: TAB helps coordinate this annual
conference in partnership with Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality and Oregon Economic and Community Development Department.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 12/3 /2001
- Planned and staged its third annual conference to assist
communities in redeveloping brownfields. The conference took
place on October 8 and 9, 2001 and included presentations
from thirty-six speakers on topics including environmental
assessment and cleanup, managing legal liability, financing
cleanup and redevelopment, and actual case studies of brownfields
redevelopment projects. Ninety representatives of municipal,
county, regional, state, and federal government, as well private
sector consultants and attorneys attended the conference.
- 9 /11/2002
- TAB participated in the 4th Annual Conference on Sept 5-6.
Michael Fernandez gave a presentation on brownfields basics
with Charlie Bartsch from the Northeast Midwest Center and
helped facilitate the Brownfields Mystery Theater session.
Approximately 200 people participated in this year's conference.
- 12/15/2002
- There will not be an Oregon Brownfield Conference in 2003
because the National Brownfields conference will be held in
Portland. For more information about this event visit: http://www.epa.gov/swerosps/bf/bfconf.htm
Organization or Project: Oregon DEQ Brownfields
Program
TAB Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu,
541-737-4023 Description: We act as a resource
to the ODEQ brownfields program. ODEQ has asked TAB to prepare
and administer a survey of community brownfields needs this year.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 12/1 /1998
- Working with Oregon DEQ and EPA Region 10 Brownfields Coordinator
in developing a series of one day workshops to be held in
communities around Oregon. Workshops are targeted to area
municipal and development leaders, and will provide Brownfields
basics, a handbook of tools and information resources, as
well as consideration of some local/regional brownfield issues.
First workshop held this fall in Klamath Falls, OR.
- 9 /30/2002
- TAB participates in the Oregon Department of Environmental
Quality brownfields meetings.
Organization or Project: Portland Showcase
Location: Portland, OR
TAB Contact: Michael Fernandez, michael.fernandez@orst.edu,
541-737-4023
Date Letter of Agreement signed: 10/6/2000
Description: TAB continues to assist this
showcase community as a regulatory liaison and community involvement
resource. We also continue to provide technical assistance as
needed.
Items in Letter of Agreement: Prepare "master"
site cleanup fact sheet; evaluate current state/federal interagency
workgroup for opportunitites to expand and build improved partnerships;
review existing Showcase Program web links and suggest improvements
and additions; recommend 10-12 essential brownfield library
documents; evaluate the exisiting Regulatory Innovation Action
Plan and suggest how to build upon DEQ reforms; evaluate implications
of the Endangered Species Act.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 2 /11/1999
- Currently working with the City of Portland, OR to develop
a list of potential redevelopment sites and to perform community
outreach related to redevelopment. Partnering with the The
Urban League to obtain a Brownfields Job Training grant.
- 12/3 /2001
- TAB will continue to participate in Technical Committee
meetings and provide technical assistance in the form of report
and data review as needed.
Organization or Project: City of Spokane,
WA
TAB Contact: Jerry Orlando, jerry.orlando@orst.edu,
541-737-5736
Description: The City of Spokane received a brownfields
assessment grant from EPA and a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant in May 2002. TAB is providing information about the assessment
process.
Notes on TAB Involvement:
- 9 /24/2002
- The City Council approvded acceptance of the brownfields
assessment grant.
- 10/14/2002
- TOSC answered questions about preparing RFP's and selecting
consultants and recommended written resources about these
steps.
- 12/23/2002
- TAB is assisting Spokane in tasks related to brownfields
redevelopment. Activites include guidance on writing Request
For Proposals from consultants and increasing stakeholder
participation through marketing and PR.
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