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SMART GUIDANCE AS A TOOL FOR PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING
Citation:
Ferber, U., K. Schmitz, V. Schrenk, K. Steffens, A Vega*, AND R. Argus. SMART GUIDANCE AS A TOOL FOR PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING. 8th International FZK/TNO Conference on Contaminated Soil, Gent, Belgium, 5/12-16/2003.
Description:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) created a Bilateral Working Group in 1990 to gain a better understanding of each country's efforts in developing and demonstrating remedial technologies (Phase I and Phase II). Under Phase III of the Bilateral Agreement, EPA and the BMBF are focusing on best practices for redeveloping Brownfields. As one product of Phase III of the U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group, EPA and BMBF are jointly preparing Site-specific Management Approach and Redevelopment Tools (SMART) Guidance documents. SMART Guidance documents are intended to set the framework for clearly communicating the related risks, potential opportunities, and the tools necessary to redevelop a site to all possible stakeholders in the project.
This introductory presentation on the SMART Guidance development focuses on the history of the idea, goals, focus areas, participants, model project approach, structure and content of draft SMART Guidance, future work, and schedule. The SMART guidance is an experienced-based tool that provides a framework to describe the full spectrum of the features and probable effects of a particular site redevelopment project to stakeholders. It is considered to be useful especially for practitioners who plan and develop, and covers the economical, environmental, and the social aspects of projects.