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SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND REDEVELOPMENT TOOLS (SMART) GUIDANCE AND SMARTE (ELECTRONIC)
Citation:
Vega*, A, R. Argus, P. Black, AND T. Stockton. SITE-SPECIFIC MANAGEMENT APPROACHES AND REDEVELOPMENT TOOLS (SMART) GUIDANCE AND SMARTE (ELECTRONIC). Presented at ASTSWMO 2003 Mid-Year Meeting, Cincinnati, OH, 04/16-17, 2003.
Description:
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the German Federal Ministry of Eductation and Research B(BMBF) continues an ongoing partnership to gain an understanding of each other's approach to the cleanup of chemical contamination in order to protect human health and the environment. This partnership has now entered its third phase with a new focus on providing a variety of tools, approaches, and technologies that could facilitate streamlined, cost-effective cleanup and redevelopment of contaminated sites, or brownfields. The Interstate Technology and Regulatory Council (ITRC), a key state-led organization, is also a significant contributor to the third phase activities. In 2000, the US-German Bilateral Working Group (EPA, BMBF, ITRC and others) conducted studies to identify elements of brownfields redevelopment and understand which elements posed the most difficulties during a redevelopment effort. The Working Group discussed tools that could be developed to assist stakeholders in overcoming the barriers to redevelopment that were identified. The SMART Guidance and SMARTe are two of these tools.