Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EPA BROWNFIELDS '98 CONFERENCE?

["Gillon, Peter" <GillonP@gtlaw.com>]

I think that's a good idea, but bear in mind that the community
involvement issues are not terribly interesting or relevant to the
developer community.  The big problems are in finding good sites,
convincing owners to let them be developed, and structuring deals.  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KENT BENJAMIN [SMTP:BENJAMIN.KENT@epamail.epa.gov]
> Sent: Thursday, April 02, 1998 4:38 PM
> To: cpro-brownfields@igc.apc.org
> Subject: Re: SUGGESTIONS FOR THE EPA BROWNFIELDS '98 CONFERENCE?
> 
> Thanks for the suggestions. FYI we have decided to
> eliminate the separate Community Involvement Track in
> favor of incorporating relevant panels in the other tracks. 
> This is in response to people feeling like they couldn't cross
> the lines to other tracks, and the lack of community
> presence among the other tracks.
> 
> I think that this will force all of the stakeholders to integrate,
> mingle, interact, and hear the other's perspective. Nothing is
> cast in stone yet but this is the working plan.
> 
> 
> Kent Benjamin
> Environmental Justice Coordinator (MC 5101)
> Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response
> U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
> 202-260-2822, fax 202-260-6606