Virginia Brownfields Conference - Hampton - March 1, 2012
The Virginia Department of Environmental Quality's Brownfields and Land Renewal Program is planning an outreach conference on March 1, 2012 to be hosted by the City of Hampton at their conference facility located at 1 Franklin Street, Hampton, Virginia.
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Topics will include Brownfield financing, landfill redevelopment, subslab depressurization, mold, grant opportunities, dewatering groundwater at contaminated sites, success stories, and environmental cleanup topics, all coupled with economic redevelopment and land revitalization. Representatives from DEQ, the EPA, New Jersey Institute of Technology (EPA's Technical Assistance to Brownfields contractor), Brownfields consultants and local government representatives will be participating in the conference.
The doors will open at 8:30 for registration and informal introductions and the conference will start at 9:00. Our luncheon speaker will be historian and author, John V. Quartein whose talk will be on one of Hampton's largest and most well known redevelopments, Fort Monroe. John has been involved in the redeployment of Fort Monroe for a number of years as well as other revitalization projects in the tidewater area and the title of his talk will be "Fort Monroe: Freedom's Fortress".
Lunch, sponsored by REMSA, Inc. will be provided for all attendees and speakers as long as you register by February 24, 2012 so we can get a final headcount. The conference will wind down by 4:00 however time will be available for questions and answers to specific situations.
Please note that the conference capacity is 150 attendees so if you are interested in attending please sign up early in case we reach capacity.
We ask that you complete the registration so we can get a final headcount for the lunch and so that we can provide e-mail updates prior to the conference for the finalized agenda, last minute updates and an upcoming webinar. Registration: http://virginiabrownfieldshampton.eventbrite.com
Brownfields/Land Renewal
Welcome to the Virginia DEQ's Brownfields/Land Renewal homepage. Virginia DEQ is helping to turn contaminated properties back to productive use. We encourage you to learn more about our program, and how we can assist you, by clicking any of the text links. And please feel free to contact us directly with any of your comments or questions. Thank you for your interest in our program.
Virginia's Brownfields Restoration Fund for FY2012
The General Assembly has allocated $1,000,000 for FY 12 to be used for the purpose of promoting the restoration and redevelopment of brownfield sites and to address environmental problems or obstacles to reuse so that these sites can be effectively marketed to new economic development prospects. The Virginia Economic Development Partnership (VEDP) shall direct the distribution of loans or grants from the Fund to VBAF grant recipients, in consultation with the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) and based upon the procedures set forth in these Guidelines. Please refer to the Guidelines for further information.
It is expected that all awards will be made as grants to political subdivisions, including counties, cities, towns, industrial/economic development authorities and redevelopment and housing authorities . The maximum allowable grant request will be $50,000. Requests for additional moneys, however, will be considered on a case-by-case basis and will be dependent on the amount of money remaining in the VBAF. There is a local match requirement, which is discussed on page 2. Applications will be due on September 30, 2011 by 4:30 p.m. EDT. Recipients will have until December 31, 2012 to complete their proposed projects.
For questions, please contact Meade Anderson with DEQ j.meade.anderson@deq.virginia.gov
804-698-4179 or Rob McClintock with VEDP rmcclintock@yesvirginia.org 804-545-5772
The Final Brownfields Manual is now available in pdf or Word format. DEQ's goal in implementing the Brownfields Program is to make our innovative and business oriented provisions substantive, user friendly, and timely. The manual presents definitions, frequently asked questions, and flowcharts to help you to quickly and easily self assess the applicability of the amnesty and limited liability provisions for your project. DEQ understands that, in redevelopment, time is money and you need a high level of confidence going forward towards your project goals. We want you to be successful towards that end and are available to assist you in answering your questions and discussing projects. In addition, the Brownfield Site Environmental Summary is available in Word format to be included with any request for an amnesty or liability comfort letter including a bona fide prospective purchaser request (BFPP). Please contact Meade Anderson at (804) 698-4179 for assistance.
Low interest loans for brownfield cleanups are now available through the Virginia DEQ. It is often times advantageous for communities to leverage funding to prepare a redevelopment site for marketing and/or reuse. These loans, never before available in Virginia, are offerred at very attractive rates.Virginia also offers low interest loans for remediation projects through the Virginia Resources Authority.