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Brownfields properties are underutilized, economically
abandoned properties where the redevelopment or reuse
is hampered by the presence of hazardous
contaminants. Cleaning up and reinvesting in these
properties increases local tax bases, facilitates job
growth, utilizes existing infrastructure, takes
development pressures off of “greenfields”, and both
improves and protects the environment.
EPA and State Brownfields Programs provide a mechanism
for states, communities, and other stakeholders in
economic redevelopment to work together to assess,
clean up, and reuse these properties. The Brownfields
Revitalization Act of 2002 expanded EPA's assistance
by providing new tools for the public and private
sectors to promote sustainable brownfields cleanup and
reuse.
Duncklee & Dunham’s Brownfields Services Group is one
of the strongest in the Southeast. Our staff includes scientists who have direct experience in redeveloping
environmentally impacted properties as a potential
developer, experience as a DENR-HWS Brownfields
Program regulator, and innovation using geographic
information system (GIS) methods on EPA grant funded
projects. Within the past two years, our staff has
performed Brownfields site services across the United
States and Canada.
Our Brownfields staff includes Ms. Daphne Olszewski,
Program Manager of the Brownfields Services Group,
with over 16 years of experience with the Brownfields
Program and Hazardous Waste Section of NC DENR. Ms.
Olszewski has written dozens of brownfields agreements
in North Carolina over the past three years and has
been on-site at almost two dozen brownfields sites
across the US and Canada in 2006 and 2007.
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Through our experience working on several projects
funded by US EPA Brownfields grants, our firm has
established a solid reputation and working
relationship with staff in the US EPA Region 4
Brownfields Program. Our staff has the ability to
understand brownfields transactions from not only a
technical stand point, but also from land development
and regulatory perspectives.
One of the most important benefits our experienced
staff can provide is the knowledge to move a
brownfields agreement through the process relatively
quickly. In most property acquisition transactions,
time is one of the most important factors to a
successful outcome.
The staff of our Brownfields Group on a daily basis
effectively designs brownfield assessment and
remediation programs that meet the needs of all
stakeholders involved in the redevelopment.
Where others see uncertainty, suspect, or actual
contamination as a hindrance to development, Duncklee
& Dunham sees a potential opportunity for our client.
Putting our knowledge to work for our clients manages
the risk and conserves development capital.
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