Related Environmental Pilot Programs and Initiatives
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- Watershed
- Land Revitalization
- Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot
- Green Buildings (Ecosystems Conservation)
Watershed
The Watershed Protection Approach is a strategy for effectively protecting and restoring aquatic ecosystems, as well as protecting human health. The strategy's premise is that water quality and ecosystem issues are best resolved at the watershed level rather than at the local water body or discharger levels. The major goals of a Watershed Protection Approach are to target priority problems, promote stakeholder involvement, integrate solutions and work in cooperation with multiple agencies, and measure success through monitoring and data gathering.
- Watershed
Approach
- Targeted
Watershed Grant Program
- Wetlands with Clean Water State Revolving Funds (PDF)(3 pgs, 39K)
EPA Document Number: EPA 832-F97-017
September 1997 - Funding Brownfield Remediation with the Clean Water State Revolving Fund [PDF (2 pgs, 1M)]
EPA Document Number: EPA 832-F-98-006
October 1998
Land Revitalization
As part of its overall mission to protect human health and the environment, EPA is undertaking an Agency-wide initiative to revitalize land by restoring and reusing cleaned waste sites, regardless of the specific EPA Program it falls under. The Land Revitalization Initiative emphasizes that cleanup and reuse are mutually supportive goals and that property reuse should be an integral part of the way EPA does business. Whether a property is a Superfund site, an operating waste disposal site, a petroleum facility, a former gas station, or an abandoned industrial facility, EPA believes that environmental cleanup across all EPA programs must be achieved.
- Land
Revitalization Initiative
- Success Stories: Par
for the Course: Brownfields Pilots Provide Communities with More
Greens Golf Courses Theme Story (Features Providence, RI,
Houston, TX, and Hammond, IN Pilots)
- Success Stories: Creating
Greenspace at EPA's Brownfields Pilots Greenspace Theme Story
(Features Oregon Mill Site, Kansas City, KS/MO, Cape Charles,
VA, Hartford, CT, and CMEDA, MA Pilots)
- Success Stories: Transforming Brownfields Industrial Eyesores into Recreational Open Space Attractions Recreational Reuse and Open Space Theme Story (Features Shreveport, LA, Denver, CO, Providence, RI, Tallahassee, FL and Dallas, TX Pilots)
Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot
The Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot demonstrated the effectiveness of innovative strategies designed to enhance both air quality and economic vitality in Baltimore, MD; Chicago, IL; and Dallas, TX. The Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot project was the result of concerns raised by the U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM) on how the Clean Air Act and the Brownfields Program work together. The USCM established a focus group to monitor the progress of the Pilots, provided information and feedback where appropriate, ensured that the results will be transferrable to other cities, and generated awareness of the project across the nation. Federal, state, and non-governmental partners are working together with the USCM to meet the goals of the project.
- Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot Fact Sheet [PDF (1 pg, 6K)
- Press Advisory: Clean Air/Brownfields Partnership Pilot
Green Buildings
In addition to requiring enormous amounts of energy, water, and materials, the construction and operation of buildings creates large quantities of waste. Where and how buildings are built affect the ecosystems around them in countless ways. As the environmental impacts of buildings becomes more apparent, a new approach called "green building" is arising to reduce the impact at the source. Green or sustainable building is the practice of creating healthier and more resource-efficient models of construction, renovation, operation, maintenance, and demolition. Elements of green building include using energy efficiently; using water efficiently; and using building materials that, in comparison to competing brands, have a reduced effect on the environment, reduce the waste from construction, and provide healthy indoor environments.
- Success Stories: Green Theme Story (Green Buildings) (Features Baltimore, MD and Cape Charles & Northampton County, VA Pilots)
The Green Buildings on Brownfields Initiative is an EPA effort designed to promote the use of green building techniques at brownfield properties in conjunction with assessment and cleanup. Through several pilot projects, EPA is providing communities with technical assistance to facilitate the development of green buildings on their brownfields. Building environmentally-friendly buildings on what was once contaminated (or perceived to be contaminated) land can be symbolic of a new, environmentally-sound direction for communities, as well as tangible growth for their economies.
- EPA Press Advisory
September 25, 2002
- Green Buildings on Brownfields Initiative: Pilot Projects [PDF (3 pgs, 140K)]
Publication Number: EPA-500-F-02-141
October 2002
- Lessons Learned from the Green Building on Brownfields Initiative (PDF) (2 pgs, 113K)
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-04-240
June 2004
- Fact sheets on Green Building on Brownfields Projects
- Anahola, HI (PDF) (1 pg, 68K)
Publication Number: EPA-560-F-04-248
January 2004
- Baltimore, MD (PDF) (1 pg, 53K)
EPA-560-F-04-245
February 2004
- Heifer International (PDF) (1 pg, 105K)
EPA-560-F-04-242
June 2004
- Mt Shasta, CA (PDF) (1 pg, 47K)
EPA-560-F-04-243
June 2004
- Spartanburg, SC (PDF) (1 pg, 55K)
EPA-560-F-04-247
January 2004
- Springfield, MA (PDF) (1 pg, 40K)
EPA-560-F-04-244
June 2004
- St Louis, MO (PDF) (1 pg, 58K)
EPA-560-F-04-246
January 2004
- Anahola, HI (PDF) (1 pg, 68K)
For more information on Green Buildings, visit: http://www.epa.gov/greenbuilding/