CCRPC Board Training Climate & Brownfields September 19, 2012 Julie Potter, Senior Planner.
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Transcript of CCRPC Board Training Climate & Brownfields September 19, 2012 Julie Potter, Senior Planner.
Objectives
Review CCRPC’s air, energy and climate-related activities
Review CCRPC’s Brownfields activities
Questions & answers
Air Quality, Energy and Climate
UPWP Task 2.2.3.2Multi-year program; MPO fundedIdentify and recommend policies and actions
at the regional, local and individual level that would help the region reduce energy consumption, air pollution and climate change and be resilient to future climate change impacts.
Air Quality
2010 in-house report:Keeping Our Air Clean
Research on air quality issues for the region Implications of ozone
non-attainment Identify strategies to
improve air quality
Major Air Quality Findings
Ozone concentrations are partly due to pollution from mid-west power plants and partly due local emissions
Major local sources: vehicles, solvent use, residential wood combustion, fossil fuel combustion
Air quality and climate change are linked through fossil fuel consumption
Recommendation to develop a climate action plan
Energy
Regional energy forums for municipal energy committees
$275K EECBG from federal stimulus – competitive grant program funded 8 local projects
VEIC energy analysis study for ECOS project
Climate Change Trends & Impacts
2012 in-house reviewData showing changes
in our climateDiscussion of
projections for our region
Discussion of impacts to environment, public health, infrastructure, economy
Current Climate Activities
Regional greenhouse gas emissions inventory#1 source is transportation#2 source is heating fuels
Climate Action PlanRegional strategies and actions to address climate
mitigation (reducing emissions) and climate adaptation (resiliency)
Guides in appendix for municipalities, employers, and individuals
Coordinate with ECOS Regional Plan
Brownfields
Brownfield – “Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant.”
In most cases, the property owner is liable for clean up
Brownfields Activities
UPWP Task 12.5.1; EPA grant fundedAssessment grants to conduct environmental
studies of sites with known/suspected contamination2006 - $200K over 3 years for petroleum sites2008 - $200K over 3 years for hazardous sites2010 - $200K petroleum; $200K hazardousPreparing application for grants to start 2013
Assessment grants don’t pay for clean up!
What do we do?
Voluntary program Hire qualified environmental consultant to:
Review site history to identify concerns (Phase 1).Sample to determine what, if any, contamination actually
exists (Phase 2).Determine appropriate clean-up actions and costs for
planned redevelopment (Clean up plan).
Help identify funding sources for clean up. Get idle/underutilized properties ready for
redevelopment to productive use.
What have we done so far?
Browns Court, Burlington – parking lot proposed for downtown housing – Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments
157 So. Champlain St, Burlington – former garage proposed for downtown housing – Phase 2 assessment and clean up estimates
3 Maple St, Essex Jct. – mixed use proposed for increased density – Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments
What are we working on now? Moran Plant/Waterfront North,
Burlington – former power plant planned for public access development – sluiceway dams, clean up plan for interior, soils assessment
Richmond Creamery, Richmond – former creamery in village planned for mixed use development – Phase 1 and Phase 2 assessments, clean up planning
Bright Street, Burlington – house and garage planned for affordable housing – Phase 2
What are we working on now?
Winooski – historic tank inventory Essex Jct. – Village center area-wide assessment Urban Reserve, Burlington – gap analysis review of
previous studies and planned supplemental sampling