[Federal Register: April 22, 2005 (Volume 70, Number 77)]
[Notices]
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
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Opportunity for Organizations That Have Expertise in Sustainable
Development and Sustainable Facilities To Cooperate With a New
Initiative in EPA's Office of Site Remediation Enforcement
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice; announcement of initiative and request for statements
of interest.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Site
Remediation Enforcement (OSRE) within the Office of Enforcement and
Compliance Assurance (OECA) is interested in cooperating with
organizations with
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expertise in sustainable development and sustainable facilities (e.g.,
non-profit organizations, universities, trade associations,
organizations that practice sustainable development, etc.) in
connection with its Environmentally Responsible Redevelopment and Reuse
(ER3) initiative. Please note that EPA will not compensate cooperating
organizations for their efforts in connection with this initiative.
DATES: Statements of interest are due by 5 p.m. e.s.t. on June 21,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Please mail applications to Phil Page, Environmental
Protection Agency, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement, Ariel Rios
Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., M/C 2273A, Washington, DC 20460.
In the alternative, you may e-mail applications to page.phil@epa.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Phil Page, (202) 564-4211, or Erin
Smith, (202) 564-2038, or go to http://www.epa.gov/compliance/cleanup/redevelop/er3
.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: ER3, a new initiative sponsored by OECA, has
several components, one of which is developing working relationships
with one or more interested organizations that have expertise in
sustainable development.
The purpose of ER3 is to encourage the reuse and redevelopment of
contaminated and previously-contaminated property in an environmentally
responsible manner, incorporating concepts such as green building
design, construction and operation; ecological and greenspace
enhancement; energy efficiency; the use of renewable energy sources;
environmental management systems; storm water and wastewater
management; pollution prevention; waste minimization and recycling; and
healthy buildings. As part of the ER3 initiative, OSRE is willing to
provide incentives, where necessary, to entities that plan to redevelop
contaminated or formerly-contaminated property (e.g., communities,
developers, or other organizations) to encourage these entities to
incorporate sustainability concepts into their projects.
To assist redevelopers with the logistics of integrating
environmentally-superior redevelopment and reuse concepts into
particular projects, OSRE is forming, in part through this notice, a
network of governmental and non-governmental partners. The ER3 network
partners will serve as a source of general information to redevelopers
(for example, through information on a Web site). Further, an ER3
network partner may provide services on a particular project for
compensation if the redeveloper and ER3 network partner enter into a
separate working agreement. EPA will not be a party to these
agreements.
Through this initiative, OSRE hopes to identify organizations with
expertise consistent with the sustainable development concepts noted
above, and collaborate with the selected organizations to establish one
part of the ER3 network. Once OSRE has identified a variety of
organizations, it will enter into a non-financial cooperation agreement
with each organization that acknowledges both the organization's
expertise in sustainability concepts and the working relationship
between the organization and OSRE. The agreements will recognize
expertise that may be valuable to reuse and redevelopment efforts in
connection with the ER3 initiative. The agreements will not provide an
endorsement of any particular ER3 partner's products and services, nor
are they a vehicle for these entities to receive compensation of any
type from the Agency. However, nothing in this process prohibits
selected EPA partners from entering into private agreements for
compensation with those entities engaged in the reuse or redevelopment
process. Further, EPA may enter into separate financial transactions
with cooperative partners to the extent consistent with applicable
procurement and financial assistance regulations and policies governing
competition. OSRE may, with the permission of the selected
organizations, post links to the organizations' Web sites on EPA's ER3
Web page to provide additional information and resources to entities
that visit the ER3 site.
Organizations that wish to participate in this initiative must send
a statement of interest to the address listed below. The statement of
interest must include: (1) A statement that identifies (a) the areas of
expertise of the organization with respect to the concepts discussed
above (green building design, construction and operation; ecological
and greenspace enhancement; energy efficiency; the use of renewable
energy sources; environmental management systems; storm water and
wastewater management; pollution prevention; waste minimization and
recycling; and healthy buildings); (b) the manner in which the
organization can assist entities with incorporating sustainability
concepts into the redevelopment and reuse of contaminated or formerly-
contaminated property; and (c) examples of relevant projects in which
the organization has participated, along with the organization's role
in the projects; (2) applicable brochures or similar information for
the organization; and (3) contact information. OSRE will make its
selections based upon the extent to which an organization can
effectively cooperate with OSRE and private entities in many areas of
sustainable development and sustainable facilities, geographic
location, and experience with respect to contaminated properties and
brownfield sites.
Dated: April 18, 2005.
Susan E. Bromm,
Director, Office of Site Remediation Enforcement.
[FR Doc. 05-8126 Filed 4-21-05; 8:45 am]
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