Tools and Technical Information

EPA is committed to providing tools and technical resources to help a variety of stakeholders identify technologies, technical help, contacts, and other resources to aid in the assessment and cleanup of brownfield properties. Our Tools and Technical Information Web page provides you with resources associated with brownfields assessment and cleanup, land use and institutional controls, protecting human health, technical help, and publications.

• Assessment and Cleanup Tools
  Includes grantee information, and information about sustainable redevelopment of brownfields, TIO, and the Triad approach.




• Get Technical Help on Your Brownfields Project
  Includes links to the Hazardous Substance Research Centers (HSRC), Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (ITRC), Technology Innovation Program (TIP).



• Land Use and Institutional Controls
  Includes resources for land use and institutional controls.



• Index of Publications
  Lists fact sheets and publications.



• Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools electronic
  SMARTe is an open-source, web-based decision support system for developing and evaluating future reuse scenarios for potentially contaminated land.



• Facilitation Support
  Includes information on how facilitation and facilitated collaborative decision making have been involved with brownfields assessment and redevelopment initiatives.



• Anatomy of a Brownfields Redevelopment
  Provides basic information on the process for redeveloping a brownfields site and gives common redevelopment scenarios that are successful.