2012 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lennysiegel@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 8 May 2012 15:09:14 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Fwd: EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative Webinar: Tools for Local Governments
 


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From: Lura Matthews <Matthews.Lura@epa.gov>
Date: May 8, 2012 10:41:01 AM PDT
Subject: EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative Webinar: Tools for Local Governments

 

REMINDER: On May 22 from 2:00 - 3:30 pm EST, EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative will host a webinar: Tools for Local Governments

You can register for the webinar at http://www.clu-in.org/conf/tio/renewableenergyland/.

This webinar will provide an overview of tools available to local governments to help them get renewable energy projects built on contaminated land in their community. Through its RE-Powering America's Land initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is encouraging renewable energy development on current and formerly contaminated land and mining sites. EPA has identified thousands of acres of Brownfield, Superfund, mining, and other potentially contaminated sites with potential for utility scale renewable energy facilities. Siting renewable energy facilities on brownfields offers significant benefits to communities.

During this session, Shea Jones with EPA's RE-Powering America's Land Initiative will highlight some of the recent tools developed by EPA, including two decision trees that were created to screen potentially contaminated and underutilized sites for solar and wind potential and a draft best practice guide for siting solar on landfills. Joshua Huneycutt with DOE's Sun Shot Initiative will discuss DOE's compilation of best practices titled "Solar Powering Your Community: A Guide for Local Governments." Anjali Patel with the National Association of Local Government Environmental Professionals (NALGEP) will provide an overview of NALGEP's "Cultivating Green Energy on Brownfields: A Nuts and Bolts Primer for Local Governments."Finally, Stephanie Wang with the Clean Coalition will describe the "Local CLEAN Program Guide", which helps local policymakers and advocates across the nation design, implement and campaign for CLEAN Programs.

Lura Matthews
US EPA, OSWER
Center for Program Analysis
(202) 566-2539
epa.gov/renewableenergyland


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Lenny Siegel
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a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
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