Key Redevelopment Activities
EPA has recognized that as part of its mission to protect human health and the environment, it will continue to refine and expand its efforts to make its cleanup activities consistent with community goals to reuse these sites. To help local communities return contaminated Superfund sites to productive uses, Superfund Redevelopment has, over the past decade, undertaken a wide array of activities, partnerships, and initiatives, including:
The Return to Use (RTU) Initiative
EPA developed the Return to Use (RTU) Initiative in late 2004 as part of the Superfund Redevelopment Initiative (SRI). The RTU Initiative is designed to remove barriers to appropriate reuse at Superfund sites where cleanup has been completed. Barriers to appropriate reuse include:
- lack of understandable information about the site
- stigma of being a Superfund site
- liability concerns
- understanding what uses might be appropriate for the site.
Redevelopment Partnerships
Superfund Redevelopment has undertaken a series of efforts to identify partnership opportunities to assist in the Superfund redevelopment process. Learn more ...
Measuring Progress
While the Agency's primary objective is to protect human health and the environment, cleaning up sites has, in many cases, generated positive reuse outcomes and impacts. As a means to assess these reuse outcomes, EPA has developed a series of measures to manage and track the performance of previous and ongoing redevelopment work. Learn More...
Superfund Redevelopment Pilots
As part of the Superfund Redevelopment Program (SRI), EPA developed a Pilot Program to help local governments participate in the cleanup and reuse of Superfund sites. Under the Pilot Program, EPA provided or sought to have potentially responsible parties provide, up to $100,000 in financial assistance and/or services to local governments for specified activities to help determine the future use of their sites. Learn More...