2013 CPEO Brownfields List Archive

From: Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>
Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 10:35:43 -0700 (PDT)
Reply: cpeo-brownfields
Subject: [CPEO-BIF] Vermont brownfields program
 
News Release
Vermont Agency of Commerce and Community Development
June 18, 2013

Gov. Shumlin announces innovative program to jumpstart brownfield redevelopment

BURLINGTON - Gov. Peter Shumlin, EPA New England Brownfields Director Carol Tucker and Burlington Mayor Miro Weinberger, along with representatives from Vermont’s congressional delegation, launched a new program today that will advance the redevelopment of brownfields, former industrial or commercial properties that are contaminated from historical uses making it difficult or impossible to put them to new uses. In addition, six Vermont organizations redeveloping brownfields were awarded funding for that work from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

The program, called the Brownfield Economic Revitalization Alliance (BERA), will be jointly administered by Vermont's Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD), and Agency of Natural Resources (ANR). BERA was created to quickly and efficiently move complex brownfield projects to redevelopment, fostering new economic opportunities as a result. Three sites were selected by a team of public and private sector representatives as the first BERA projects. The first is the former Fonda property in St. Albans, the second is the Railyard Enterprise Project in Burlington, and the third is the 453 Pine Street parcel in Burlington.

In addition, Gov. Shumlin signed H.226, which extends the Petroleum Clean-up Fund and strengthens Vermont’s brownfield laws. Among the most significant aspects of the new law is a provision giving Regional Development Corporations and Regional Planning Commissions liability protection when they take ownership of brownfield properties.

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For the entire release, see
http://vtdigger.org/2013/06/19/gov-shumlin-announces-innovative- program-to-jumpstart-brownfield-redevelopment/

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
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