Brownfields redevelopment and ISO 14000: A marriage that makes sense

Corporate Environmental Strategy

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Freeman, David J ^a,b   Belcamino, Gregory R ^a  

^a Kuwait Municipality   (Kuwait)

^b US Technical Advisory Group (TAG)

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EID: 26944483175     PISSN: 10667938     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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1. Following the lead of the states, the U.S. EPA in the last two years has put into effect its own Brownfields Redevelopment Initiative, which involves the issuance of new and revised policy and guidance documents and funding for fifty grants to municipalities. Nevertheless, the number of sites affected by EPA's actions is limited to those where the agency has defined a "federal interest." The vast majority of brownfields sites will be redeveloped under state programs.
2. These standards are subsidiary in the sense that they are only "guidelines." They are being prepared in an attempt to assist companies in understanding and implementing ISO 14001 but are not mandatory, in that deviation from them will not cause a company to fail certification.