Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. Through its Brownfields Initiative, the EPA empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic development to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. The EPA's Brownfields strategies include funding pilot programs and other research efforts, clarifying liability issues, entering into partnerships, conducting outreach activities, developing job training programs, and addressing environmental justice concerns.

Recommended EPA Web pages

• Brownfields and Land Revitalization
  Document links to information on Brownfields.
• About Brownfields
  General information about Brownfields
• Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment: Where You Live
  EPA's Brownfields Program works in all 50 states and U.S. territories.

Brownfields
Partnerships, Sustainable Redevelopment, Targeted Brownfields Assessments

Cleanup Legal Aspects
Cases and Settlements, Compliance, Enforcement, Guidance, Legislation, Liability, Public Comment, Regulations, Tax Incentives

Cleanup Technology
Characterization and Monitoring, Remediation

Storage Tanks
Abandoned Properties, Leaks and Spills

Superfund
Community Involvement, Cost Recovery, National Priorities List (NPL), Potentially Responsible Parties, Records of Decision (RODs), Remedy Decisions, Risk Assessment, Sites, Superfund Cleanup Process