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Chart #11: 

BROWNFIELD SITE INVENTORY REQUIREMENT

 

NY

(1994)

MD

(1997)

MA

(1998)

MI

(1995)

NJ

(1998)

PA

(1995)

 

 

* No provision to inven-tory or track BF sites.

 

 

 

* There is no statewide list of BF sites eligible to receive financial incentives or in need of cleanup.

*There is a listing of BF sites that have been assessed.

*All non-Master List sites could also be considered BFs..

* In Baltimore City, where considerable effort has gone into inventorying brownfield sites, it is estimated that at least 50% of all vacant / underutilized industrial land is contaminated (and even clean parcels may  have “per-ceived contam-ination” issues).  Paull & Bartsch, 2001.[1]

*MDE will be putting up an internet GIS database tracking system in the next couple of months.

 

* The EACC must annually submit a list of areas or municipalities that qualify as econom-ically dis-tressed areas.

*MassDEP has a list of “release” sites.

* Requires targeted audits of all sites with AULs.

*Doing effort with Harvard to develop a computerized inventory that works with the State’s GIS system and layers data sets for Underutilized Commercial and Industrial Properties (U-CIP).

*The Gover-nor's BF office also administers "BF-Jump-Start," an on-line real estate listing  for sellers and buyers of BF properties.

 

*A BF Redevelop-ment Board is respon-sible for prioritizing environment-tally contam-inated STATE facilities and allocating available funds from the State Sites Clean-up Fund for their remed-iation.

*There is no formal inventory system for BF prop-erties.

*MDEQ staff work closely with local government units to identify propereties with redevel-opment potential and funding sources.

 

* DEP maintains a ilist of all “known contaminated sites in New Jersey” (> 8,000 sites).  W/i this list, DEP has identified sites that meet the BF definition--based on a requirement in the NJ BF law and a directive from Gov. Whitman.  Some of the concerns from the regulated community have been alleviated by excluding the owner's name on residential properties.

*Under ISRA, the General Information Notification includes a question asking submitters to note whether they consider their industrial estab-lishment a BF site.

* BF Site Inventory (> 1,300 sites) – to be prioritized by the BF Redevelopment Task Force (mandated by the 1998 statute).  Does not require owner’s consent.

* Online BF Site Marketing Inventory database (I-MAP) (www.state.nj.us/osp/ brownfld/njbsmi.htm .  Maintained by the Office of State Planning.  Contains only about 100 sites.  Gov’t-owned sites are entered automatically.  Private site owners are required to sign waivers before their sites are included.  Most refuse to do so.  (Concern is not over liability, but loss of market value.)

 

* Provides BF Inventory Grants (BIGs) to municipal-ities and econ-omic develop-ment agencies to inventory their BF prop-erties and post those available for redevelop-ment on the web in the PA Site Finder.  For each site that is posted, grantees with an approved application will receive $1,000 up to $50,000 per grantee.

* The Industrial Sites Environ-mental Assess-ment Act (Act 4 of 1995) provides ongoing grants to municipalities and EDAs to assess industrial sites in distressed areas.

* The Pennsyl-vania Key Sites Initiative allows towns to target key sites and designate them for special attention at DEP.


[1] E. Evans Paull and Charles C. Bartsch, “Brownfields Reforms and Smart Growth—The State Role in ‘Leveling the Playing Field,” Amer.Planning Assoc., Economic Development Division newsletter, “News and Views,” Winter 2001, pp. 1-9.  Available at: http://www.edd-apa.org/archives/wi01A1.htm .