1. 1 Land Revitalization at RCRA Sites September 21, 2004 Maria Parisi Vickers Office of Solid Waste, EPA Office of Solid Waste, EPA

2. 2 RCRA Site Cleanup and Revitalization: Getting it Done Facilitator: Maria Parisi Vicker, Deputy Director, Office of Solid Waste Susan Bromm, Director, EPA’s Office of Site Remediation Enforcement Deborah Goldblum, RCRA program, EPA’s Region 3 Liz Cannon, Chief, Hazardous Waste Section, Division of Waste Management, State of North Carolina Baerbel Schiller, Partner, Spencer Fane Britt & Browne LLP Alison Evans, EPA’s Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Reuse

3. 3 Revitalization – a Top Priority “... stimulating economic growth and activity to give people a “... stimulating economic growth and activity to give people a chance.. is wise policy in the inner city, such as (for example) chance.. is wise policy in the inner city, such as (for example) brownfields cleanup policy.” brownfields cleanup policy.” - President Bush to the Nat’l Urban League - President Bush to the Nat’l Urban League “Recycle and Renew Polluted land – Restore urban communities by redeveloping abandoned brownfield sites in each state.” - Administrator Leavitt’s 500 Day Plan “…we have made a conscious effort to build revitalization and site reuse into the cleanup process at all contaminated sites in all our programs.” -Acting Assistant Administrator Tom Dunne to State officials

4. 4 Come Visit Our Websites!!! RCRA Brownfields Prevention Initiative www.epa.gov/rcrabrownfields Brownfields Program www.epa.gov/brownfields RCRA Corrective Action www.epa.gov/correctiveaction OSWER Land Revitalization www.epa.gov/swerrims/landrevitalization/index.htm