[CPEO-BIF] Workshop planned for Houma, LA May 20, 2006

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

[Below is the text of the announcement of a "Brownfields 101" workshop 
that CPEO is co-sponsoring in Houma, Louisiana, on May 20. Contact me if 
you want a formatted version. - LS]

Brownfields and Environmental Cleanup:
An Introductory Community Workshop

Saturday, May 20, 2006
9:00 am to 3:00 pm
5058 W. Main Street, Houma, Louisiana

Sponsored by:  the Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO)
and the South Central Planning & Development Commission (SCPDC)
Co-sponsored by:  Materials Management Group, Inc. (MMG)


Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and 
commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by 
real or perceived environmental contamination.

Brownfields are properties that are contaminated or which might be 
contaminated. Preparing them for redevelopment is challenging, both 
legally and technically. But the people who live, work, study, or 
recreate on or near Brownfields have a key role to play in cleanup and 
development decisions. This workshop, initiated by CPEO-which conducts 
similar workshops across the United States-is designed to help residents 
of South Central Louisiana influence Brownfields projects to better 
protect public health and redevelop impaired property.

Introduction: "Six Blind Men" and Brownfields: Lenny Siegel, CPEO

The Fundamentals of Risk: speaker from Louisiana Risk 
Evaluation/Corrective Action Program (RECAP)

Environmental Exposures in Louisiana: Wilma Subra, New Iberia, Louisiana

Environmental Site Assessments: David Lourie, PE,  Lourie Consultants. 
Lafayette/Metairie, Louisiana

Louisiana's Voluntary Remediation Program: Duane Wilson and Roger 
Gingles, Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality

Finding Resources to Address Brownfields: Leslie Williams, SCPDC

Environmental Job Training: Eva Benoit-Ashford, Center to Protect 
Workers' Rights

Community Empowerment: Larry Charles

For more information and to RSVP, call 985-851-2900 or email 
leslie@scpdc.org.  Continental breakfast and lunch will be provided. 
RSVP is necessary.



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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


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