The mission of EPA's Land Revitalization Team is to restore land and other natural resources into sustainable community assets that maximize beneficial economic, ecological and social uses and ensure protection of human health and the environment.
The Land Revitalization Team's mission contributes significantly to the EPA's strategic planning goals by placing protective, sustainable, and energy-efficient solutions at the forefront when considering solutions for restoring contaminated properties to useful life.
The Land Revitalization Team's Program Guide
- An overview of the Team's mission, priorities, goals, and a summary of current and on-going projects (PDF) (2 pp, 795K).
Programs and Offices Working on Land Revitalization
Land Revitalization Initiative
The Land Revitalization Team is working with EPA programs, other federal,
state, and local government agencies, and external partners to develop
and promote land revitalization measures, public information, training
for government employees, and tools to address barriers to land revitalization.
Brownfields
EPA's Brownfields Program is designed to empower states, communities,
and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a
timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields.
Superfund
Redevelopment
EPA's Superfund Redevelopment Program is working to encourage communities
at every cleanup site to consider anticipated future reuses early so that
cleanups can accommodate those uses while maintaining standards that protect
human health and the environment.
Underground Storage Tanks
EPA's Office of Underground Storage Tanks supports the cleanup and reuse
of abandoned properties contaminated with petroleum from underground storage
tanks.
Federal Facilities Restoration
and Reuse
EPA's Federal Facilities Restoration and Reuse Office (FFRRO) works with
other federal entities to facilitate faster, more effective, and less
costly cleanup and reuse of federal facilities.
RCRA Brownfields
EPA's Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Brownfields Prevention
Initiative encourages the continued use and reuse of RCRA sites so that
the land better serves the needs of the community.
Brownfields
and Land Revitalization Technology Support Center
provides information about the use of innovative site investigation and
cleanup technology at land revitalization sites.