Brownfield Tracker Field GUIDE
Online Reference Tool
With this Brownfield Tracker User GUIDE, you can find quick reference information to help understand how to best answer the questions encountered in the Brownfield Tracker form.
Goal: To make it easier for you to use Brownfield Tracker to gather and track answers to its questions.
First - What is a Brownfield?
Brownfield (EPA definition): “With certain legal exclusions and additions, the term "brownfield site" means real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.”
Brownfields - they come in all sizes, status, and potentially contaminating uses.
Helpful EPA guidance for brownfield closure & state response is available at this SITE.
Your state may define a "brownfield" in slightly different ways; however, in general, this explanation by Commonwealth of KY Dept. of Environmental Protection officials will provide a user with the core understanding of a brownfield:
Your state may define a "brownfield" in slightly different ways; however, in general, this explanation by Commonwealth of KY Dept. of Environmental Protection officials will provide a user with the core understanding of a brownfield:
For Example, in Kentucky the state provides this discussion of brownfields:
Brownfields are properties that have witnessed real contamination or even the perception of contamination so they can be anything from an old factory to a landfill to everything in between... Amanda Lefevre, Asst. Dir. Division of Compliance Assistance (DCA) Kentucky
It could be a small piece of property, a large piece of property, [with] buildings on it that it’s difficult or a challenge to reuse or redevelop it. Tony Hatton, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Kentucky
Brownfield Governor's Conference Video
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