Why is revitalizing contaminated property and formerly contaminated property a good idea?
Many contaminated sites and properties have advantageous locations – accessible to infrastructure and close to people – that make them good candidates for revitalization projects. EPA has many revitalization tools (informational, financial, legal, technical) to assist you in redeveloping your site or property. Additionally, some federal, state and local government agencies offer grants, loans, and other incentives to encourage development of contaminated and formerly contaminated properties, and their surrounding areas. Many sites are already very well characterized, which minimizes future surprises regarding unknown or undiscovered contamination issues. • Getting started: How can I begin revitalizing a site or property? The effective revitalization of a contaminated site or property normally requires a number of important steps, and there is no single “revitalization formula” that applies across the different types of sites. For example, brownfield sites and Superfund sites have very
