[CPEO-BIF] Environmental protection as a Brownfields performance measure

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

About a week ago I posted the highlights of the Government 
Accountability Office's recent, generally positive evaluation of EPA's 
Brownfields program. One of GAO's findings reinforces a concern 
expressed repeatedly by members of the Environmental Justice/Community 
Brownfields Caucus, so I am extracting it below for emphasis:


"... although EPA's overall mission is to protect human health and the 
environment, the agency has not yet developed measures to determine the 
extent to which the Brownfields Program helps reduce environmental 
risks. Acknowledging these limitations, in fiscal year 2004, EPA began 
collecting additional information - such as the number of acres ready to 
be reused - which agency officials believe will allow them to develop 
additional measures to gauge the program's achievements."  (page 5)


Brownfield Redevelopment: Stakeholders Report That EPA's Program Helps 
to Redevelop Sites, but Additional Measures Could Complement Agency Efforts

Government Accountability Office
GAO-05-94, December 2, 2004
For the entire report, go to http://www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO-05-94

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Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
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