Brownfield Action Items for Sustainable Jersey

Brownfield Action Items
for Sustainable Jersey
Sustainable Raritan Remediation & Reuse Workshop
October 22, 2014
Dr. Beth Ravit
Dr. Wolfram Hoefer
Rutgers University
Brownfields
Brownfield Definition:
New Jersey state law
(N.J.S.A. 58:10B‐23.d):
"any former or current
commercial or industrial
site that is currently
vacant or underutilized
and on which there has
been, or there is
suspected to have
been, a discharge of a
contaminant."
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Known New Jersey
Brownfields
• 54,453 Closed
• 13,140 Active
• 2,268 Pending
– (not active, may be closed)
• 1,075 (Middlesex)
•
943 (Monmouth)
•
449 (Somerset)
•
550 (Mercer)
•
250 (Hunterdon)
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Lower Raritan Brownfields
Identified Brownfields (NJDEP)
-Active
-Pending
-Closed
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Benefits of Reclaiming Brownfields
• Increase municipal tax base
• Provide business, residential,
and/or public infrastructure
• Opportunity to introduce high
quality open space
• Industrial or historic elements
can be incorporated in reuse
• Quality of life improvement for
neighbors and the larger
community
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
CUES-Sustainable Jersey Brownfield
Task Force (2012)
• CUES recruited members and led Task Force
• Sustainable Jersey Brownfield Action Items
• Brownfield Challenges
–
–
–
–
Urban versus Rural
Regulatory oversight
Highly technical
High costs of remediation
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Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
CUES-SJ Brownfield Task Force Participants
State of NJ & NJDEP: Alan Miller, Colleen Kokas*, Barry Ableman,
Tim Bartels, Athena Sarafides, Stephen Kehayes
Municipalities: Caroline Ehrlich, Don Meisel*
Environmental Consulting: Sue Boyle, Leah Yashenchek*, Bob Ceberio
Legal: Wanda Monahan*, Barbara Koontz
NGO: Debbie Mans
Sustainable Jersey: Randy Solomon
Rutgers: Judy Shaw, Beth Ravit, Wolfram Hoefer, David Hanrahan
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Action Item Goals
• Support municipal redevelopment efforts
• Increase public knowledge and involvement
• Enable Green Teams to participate in returning Brownfields
to productive uses
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Subcommittee Topics
Marketing the Site
Formation of Green Team
Brownfields Committee
Site Prioritization and
Specific Site Details
Site ReUse
Responsible Party(s)
Site Remediation
•
Inventory (Leah Yaschenchek, Chair):
Identification and Prioritization of a municipality’s Brownfield sites
•
Reuse Planning (Don Meisel, Chair):
Community Planning Steps and Options
•
Marketing (Colleen Kokas, Chair):
Communicating the availability of a Brownfield property for reuse
•
Assessment & Education (Wanda Monahan, Chair):
Understand the process governed by recently enacted NJDEP Licensed Site
Remediation Professional (LSRP) program
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Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Subcommittee Actions – Brownfield
Inventory & Prioritization (Required)
(Leah Yaschenchek, Chair)
Identification and Prioritization of a municipality’s Brownfield sites
(10 Points)
1. Brownfield Inventory downloaded from Dataminer (Required)
2. Written policy for regularly updating the Inventory (Required)
3. Documentation of public meetings to develop Prioritization Factors
used to determine priority sites (Required)
4. Listing of Priority Sites (Required)
5. Map of Brownfields/Priority Sites (Optional)
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Subcommittee Actions – Reuse
Planning
(Don Meisel, Chair)
Community Planning Steps Documentation (15 Points)
1.
2.
3.
4.
SiteMart data sheets
Public meeting notification and minutes of reuse option discussions
Mayor & Council Resolution endorsing proposed reuse(s)
Brownfield Reuse Element or Redevelopment Plan for municipal
Master Plan
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Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Subcommittee Actions - Marketing
(Colleen Kokas, Chair)
Communicating the availability of a Brownfield property for reuse
(10 Points)
1. Provide Web Links to the websites used to communicate your Prioritized Brownfields
Inventory:
1. Feature Prioritized Brownfields list on municipal Economic Development or Redevelopment
portion of community website
2. Enter Prioritized Brownfield sites on NJ Site Mart website
3. List Prioritized Brownfield sites on USEPA’s Interactive Brownfield Map
2. Upload Site Mart data sheets for all Prioritized Sites
3. Upload copies of all Brownfields marketing materials developed for your municipality
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Introduced at League of Municipalities - 2013
Inventory (Required) –
prioritization, mapping
Reuse Planning, Community
involvement in reuse
planning
To Be Introduced at League of Municipalities - 2014
Marketing
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
2014 Sustainable Jersey Brownfield
Certification Results
• 22 Municipalities submitted Brownfield Action Item
materials
• 2 Certified
• 8 Potentially certifiable this year
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Brownfields Action Item to be Completed
Environmental Assessment & Remediation
Action Items Underdevelopment
• Green Team Training
• LSRP Program Education
Department of
Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
CUES Award-Winning Design
Voorhees Environmental Park (formerly a landfill)
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Environmental Sciences
Brownfields
Contact Information
• For Additional Information
– Please visit the CUES website or
– Contact Drs. Ravit or Hoefer
www.cues.rutgers.edu
ravit@envsci.rutgers.edu
whoefer@sebs.rutgers.edu
Department of
Environmental Sciences