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May 2, 2002 THIS WEEK:
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit the Brownfields.com Conferences page for the latest industry events. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Apply Now for The 2002 Phoenix Awards
- Deadline June 30 CHARLOTTE, North Carolina - The 2002 Phoenix Awards will be one of the highlights of this year's National Brownfields Conference, Brownfields 2002, in Charlotte, North Carolina, on November 13-15, 2002. The Phoenix Awards program cares about your hard work, and encourages any individual, group, government body or agency, company or organization to apply for a Phoenix Award. Winners will showcase their projects at the Brownfields 2002 conference and will be presented with a handcrafted crystal trophy at a special conference ceremony. Award winners also receive national publicity and recognition in professional journals and newspapers and on the Internet. Successful projects also serve as models and inspiration for other communities. The Phoenix Awards are nationally recognized as the outstanding award for achievement of excellence in brownfield redevelopment. Created in 1997, this prestigious award honors individuals and groups who are working to solve the critical environmental problem of transforming abandoned industrial areas into productive new uses. This year, one Phoenix Awards winner will be selected from each of the EPA's 10 regions. Additional special winners will be recognized for other exceptional projects. A grand prizewinner will be selected from among all the chosen winners. Past Phoenix Award winners are real-life examples of the accomplishments of brownfields initiatives across the United States. These projects represent a blend of disciplines, including the environmental consulting community, the public, real estate developers, bankers, economic development agencies, attorneys, and federal, state and local government. Apply soon -- The 2002 Phoenix Awards deadline is June 30, 2002. For an application, visit the Phoenix Awards web site or call Sharon Williams at (717) 783-3143. ICMA to Sponsor Travel Scholarships
for Brownfields 2002 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The International City/County Management Association (ICMA) is pleased to sponsor a limited number of full and partial scholarships for individuals interested in attending the Brownfields 2002 conference who otherwise would not be able to attend without financial assistance. The scholarship program will ensure diverse brownfields stakeholder groups' participation in the conference. Full scholarships will cover airfare and/or mileage, up to three nights' hotel accommodations, and the federal government per diem for three days. Partial scholarships will cover hotel accommodations and a $75 spending allowance. To be eligible for a scholarship, applicants must be affiliated with or a representative of a local government, state or tribal government, community organization, environmental justice organization, or not-for-profit entity. The ICMA Scholarship Application is due August 2, 2002. However, ICMA encourages you to apply as early as possible. For the ICMA Travel Scholarship guidelines and an application, please
visit: Notorious Montreal Site Sparks Federal
Investigation MONTREAL, Quebec, Canada - "Take note that an investigation under the Fisheries Act is presently underway," declares Environment Canada in a letter received Thursday April 25 by Canada's Environmental Bureau of Investigation (EBI). The declaration kicks off a federal government investigation into the concentrations of PCBs and PAHs discharging daily into the St. Lawrence River from an old hazardous waste site in Montreal. The Technoparc is located near the Victoria St. bridge, just eight city blocks from the Notre Dame Cathedral in Old Montreal. Environment Canada's decision to investigate is seen as an important step by environmentalists. "PCBs and other toxins have been pouring into the St. Lawrence River twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week for at least eighteen months now," says Mark Mattson, EBI's executive director and an environmental lawyer. "Environmental laws like the Federal Fisheries Act are powerful - they're meant to protect our environment and our communities and we wholeheartedly support Environment Canada's decision to enforce them," Mattson says. The Environment Canada investigation comes in the wake of a report issued by EBI in April. The report includes evidence that toxic contaminants such as PCBs pouring into the river in concentrations more than 8.5 million times government guidelines. PCB contamination of the St. Lawrence River has negatively affected beluga whale populations and has made eating fish in the river a public health risk. EBI -- Canada's only environmental group solely dedicated to investigating pollution crimes for the purposes of criminal prosecutions -- began monitoring the Technoparc site in the fall of 2000 at the request of Montreal-based Société pour Vaincre la Pollution. For International Brownfields news and resources, visit Brownfields.com International Partners aboutREMEDIATION.com in Canada and BrownfieldSites.com in the UK and Europe. Plan to Attend A&MWA'S 95th Annual
Conference and Exhibition The Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) invites you to beautiful Baltimore, Maryland for their 95th Annual Conference and Exhibition, June 23 - June 27, 2002. Rallying around the theme of "Cooperation for a Better Environment," come to A&WMA 2002 to meet with your colleagues, learn about the latest technical advances, see informative exhibits, and have a good time! Among the world-class environmental experts in attendance will be Keynote Speaker Linda Fisher, U.S. EPA Deputy Director. Conference plenary tracks will cover environmental and health responses to emergencies, energy and the environment, the 2002 Critical Review: "Visibilty: Science and Regulation," and a "Hot Issues" special session. For more information on this conference, please visit: http://www.awma.org/ACE2002. A Progressive Approach in Redeveloping
Waterfront Property When speaking with Mayor John Fogg or City Manager Tom Bonfield, it is easy to see why Pensacola, Florida is proud of what it has and will accomplish. For both Fogg and Bonfield, Pensacola will increasingly be a showcase community for other cities with significant waterfront property and the need for redevelopment. Information about this project was obtained during a filming by the crew from the Urban Waste Management & Research Center (UWMRC) for the upcoming "Our Urban Environment." This series will feature interviews and footage from across the US on Brownfields redevelopment projects. The title of the series is "Reclaiming America's Cities." Working with the Trust for Public Land (TPL), the City of Pensacola has cleaned up a 30-acre tank storage site near downtown with an eye toward increasing green spaces. The old site was home to many industries since the 1800s. In recent times, the site had become a dumping ground across the street from City Hall. That is until Jennifer Fleming, Executive Director for the Community Redevlopment Authority and Greg Chelius, State Director for TPL, began their multi-year effort to bring a park to downtown Pensacola and restore the environmental quality of the polluted property. According to both the City and the TPL, the issue was public involvement. In a recent interview with Fleming and Chelius, the process involved in the clean up was described as including public hearings, marketing studies and focus groups. These activities included people from business and industry, regulators, citizen groups, neighborhood associations, and property developers. "We have interviewed many people during this project," said series producer and director Dr. John W. Sutherlin, "but for a community of this size to go to these lengths was important to document. They could serve as a model for medium to small cities for Brownfields redevelopment and community involvement." Such project spotlights are essential for the series as there are many more Brownfields projects to be conducted in the smaller cities than in the larger ones. Groups like the TPL offer assistance to communities looking to increase their parks and recreation facilities. Over the next several months, the City of Pensacola and its citizens will make decisions about exactly how to develop this property. While it was clear from the interviews conducted with developers that they would like to see more commercial development, the City and the TPL has other ideas. Both Fleming and Chelius spoke about the need for additional recreational and festival capacity for the city that could be realized on this waterfront property. Although there are clearly some obstacles remaining for the redevelopment of this property, the City appears poised for significant revitalization over the next few years.
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