Recommended Resources
The links below will guide you to brownfields information that we find
helpful. Please email us if you have
other sites that you that you would like to recommend to other communities.
These links were last checked on 5/25/2004.
Recommended EPA References
This is a list of our six favorite brownfields documents -- they provide helpful
information about conducting brownfields assessments, hiring consultants, and
many other parts of the brownfields redevelopment process. Each are available
as pdf documents from the EPA website. You will need the free software program
Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them, click
here to download the software.
 Road Map
to Understanding Innovative Technology for Brownfields Investigation and
Cleanup, Third Edition
EPA
542-B-01-001
September 2001
Invaluable resource containing step by step information on assessment and
cleanup aspects of brownfield redevelopment. Includes a CD-ROM version of
the material and hundreds of references to additional resources.
Financing Brownfields Development Projects: A Guide for Developers
EPA 231-R-99-007
October 1999
Although written for developers, the guide contains concise, useful information
about brownfields beyond financing including site assessment and liability
issues.
Brownfields Technology Primer: Requesting and Evaluating Proposals
That Encourage Innovative Technologies for Investigation and Cleanup
EPA
542-R-01-005
February 2001
Specific instruction on writing request for proposals (RFP) that are more
tailored for the brownfield project and that encourage environmental consultants
to present assessment and cleanup plans that use cost-saving innovative approaches.
Assessing Contractor Capabilities for Streamlining Site Investigations
EPA
542-R-00-001
January 2000
Short guide that preceded EPA 542-R-01-005 (above) listing specific questions
to ask a potential assessment and cleanup contractor in order to assess their
capabilities for using innovative technologies.
Quality Assurance Guidance for Conducting Brownfields Site Assessments
EPA 541-R-98-038
September 1998
Fairly technical guide to the process of writing a quality assurance project
plan for a brownfield redevelopment. Incorporates the Data Quality Objectives
method, one of the 3 basic components of the Triad Approach to brownfields
assessment. The Triad Approach is a streamlined method of environmental site
assessment.
A Guideline for Dynamic Workplans and Field Analytics: The Keys to
Cost-Effective Site Characterizations and Cleanup
document
link
A technical guide to another component of the Triad Approach to environmental
site assessment, dynamic workplans. Dynamic workplans rely on real-time
data to reach decision points.
Innovative Remediation and Site Characterization Technologies Resources
(CD-ROM)
EPA 542-C-02-002 -- This
can be ordered from EPA.
May 2002
This CD-ROM contains much useful information and documentation. Among
them are the Citizen’s Guides to which explain the technologies used
to cleanup hazardous waste in a very easily understandable way. Some of
the guides are available in Spanish. Many of the documents reviewed here
are included on this CD-ROM.
Characterization and Monitoring: Educational, Policy, and Guidance
website
This website lists several useful brownfield documents including some
of the ones listed above. Many are in downloadable in PDF format.
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