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SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND REVITALIZATION TOOLS - ELECTRONIC (SMARTE), A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL TO EVALUATE FUTURE REUSE SCENARIOS
Citation:
VEGA, A. M., R. ARGUS, K. BLACK, P. BLACK, AND T. STOCKTON. SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND REVITALIZATION TOOLS - ELECTRONIC (SMARTE), A DECISION SUPPORT TOOL TO EVALUATE FUTURE REUSE SCENARIOS. Presented at ConSoil 2005, Special Session 7, Bordeaux Convention Centre, Bordeaux, FRANCE, October 03 - 07, 2005.
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Description:
In 2000, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) began Phase 3 of the U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group. EPA and BMBF have an ongoing partnership designed to gain an understanding of each country's approach to the cleanup of chemical and/or biological contamination in order to protect human health and the environment. Phase 3 has focused on providing a variety of tools, approaches, and techniques that could streamline, cost-effective cleanup and redevelopment/revitalization of potentially contaminated sites (for example, brownfields). The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC), a key state-led organization, is also a significant partner in Phase 3 activities. The U.S.-German Bilateral Working Group is developing two comparable products. The U.S. is developing Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools-electronic (SMARTe), which is the subject of this paper. The German side is developing the START-UP Guidance, which is the subject of the third paper of this session.