The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality's Brownfields Assistance Program provides innocent owners or purchasers with financial and technical assistance for environmental site assessments or clean up. Contact Juli Boles at jb6@azdeq.gov  or Linda Mariner at lph@azdeq.gov.

Under the Targeted Brownfields Assessment program, EPA Region 9 contractors conduct environmental site assessments for public agencies at brownfields where there are reuse plans. Contact Carolyn Douglas at 415-972-3092 or douglas.carolyn@epa.gov.

Under the EPA's Technical Assistance to Brownfields (TAB) Communities program, CCLR provides in-kind technical assistance and training to communities and other stakeholders on brownfields issues with the goal of increasing the community's understanding and involvement in brownfield cleanup and revitalization. The TAB grants serve as an independent source of information assisting communities with community involvement, better understanding the health impacts of brownfield sites, science and technology relating to brownfield site assessment, remediation, and site preparation activities, brownfield finance questions, and information on integrated approaches to brownfield cleanup and redevelopment. Contact Ignacio Dayrit at 415-398-1080 x107 or ignacio.dayrit@cclr.org.

Originally signed into law in 1997 and extended through December 31, 2011, the Brownfields Tax Incentive encourages the cleanup and reuse of brownfields. Under the Brownfields Tax Incentive, environmental cleanup costs are fully deductible in the year incurred, rather than capitalized and spread over time. Improvements in 2006 expanded the tax incentive to include petroleum cleanup.

Through the Voluntary Remediation Program (VRP), property owners, prospective purchasers and other interested parties can investigate or clean up a contaminated site in cooperation with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ). VRP is a streamlined process for participants to work with a single point of contact at ADEQ to address applicable cross-program remediation efforts.

Brownfields News Alert is a monthly publication by the City of Phoenix brownfields program. It will be presented each month to broadcast newsworthy items about the brownfields industry at the federal, state, and local level. The Alert is provided as a PDF and requires the free Adobe Reader.