- Canadian
Brownfields 2005 - Developing Livable Communities: Be sure to
mark your calendars on Oct 13-14 for Canadian Brownfields 2005, to be
held in Ottawa at the Chateau Laurier. This year's conference will feature
presentations from:
- John Godfrey,
Minister of State (Infrastructure and Communities)
- Jon Ladd,
Chief Executive Officer, British Urban Regeneration Agency (invited)
- Phil Page,
Brownfields Revitalization Team Leader, U.S. Environmental Protection
Agency (invited)
- Provincial
ministers responsible for integrating brownfield redevelopment with
investments in infrastructure and reurbanization (tba)
- The country's
leading practitioners in remediation, finance, law, planning and
community improvement
Plus: the CBN
Marketplace, workshops on policy, practice and technological innovations,
the CUI Brownie Awards, the CBN general meeting and a meeting of the
CBN Advisory Panel. More
information.
- US
EPA Brownfields 2005 Conference: Brownfields Transaction Forum Registration
is Open: Now
is the time to register for the Brownfields Transaction Forum. On Wednesday,
November 3, from 10:30 am - 12:45 pm you can take part in this free
forum to market your properties or look for sites to purchase/lease
in the Denver metropolitan area and around the country.
Be sure
to take advantage of this unique opportunity to:
- Meet with
site owners about properties available for purchase and lease
- Talk with
brokers and developers who are seeking sites
- Attend
associated educational sessions to learn how to purchase and sell
contaminated properties
- Earn real
estate continuing education credits
- Showcase
your properties in the "Real Estate Gallery" to be held
in the
- Brownfields
2005 conference exhibit hall
Go
to www.brownfields2005.org/BTF
to register and submit information about properties you wish to present.
Your participation is vital to the putting brownfields back into productive
reuse!
For more information on Brownfields 2005, go to www.brownfields2005.org.
-
New Canadian
Magazine for Infrastructure Renewal: We Communications Inc.,
a national creative design and publishing company, is pleased to announce
the launch of ReNew Canada magazine. The first issue will be released
early in October to coincide with the Canadian Brownfields 2005 conference
in Ottawa.
Todd Latham, president of We Communications, said, “ReNew Canada will
inform public and private sector organizations about infrastructure
projects, investment and policy in Canada. We will provide profiles
and articles on sustainable building and urban revitalization projects
as well as successful renewal efforts for existing infrastructure.”
ReNew Canada will describe private-public involvement and provide
detailed project reviews including project scope, design criteria,
technical solutions and costs. The magazine will also explain the
regulatory and community issues inherent in these projects. “The social,
economic and environmental benefits will be demonstrated in a way
that allows readers to learn from infrastructure renewal innovation
and implement their own plans for community improvement” said Mr.
Latham.
Visit www.renewcanada.net
and complete the online form to become part of the ReNew Canada community.
If you are involved in a public infrastructure renewal project in Canada,
tell us about it – it may be profiled in the magazine!
- Special Offer
for CBN Members: In 2001 the British Urban Regeneration Association
(BURA) published "Breaking Old Ground: The BURA Guide to Contaminated
Land Assessment & Development". It provides simplified information
on the technical, planning, legal and regulatory issues that have to
be confronted when faced with the prospect of cleaning-up land which
is known or thought to be contaminated. BURA is offering this publication
to all CBN members free of charge (regularly £10 + £2 S&H).
Additional copies can be obtained for the cost of shipping and handling
only. To order please contact Kerry Bynoe at the BURA offices Kerry@bura.org.uk.
- CBN at Conferences:
The CBN was represented at three recent environmental conferences, where
we shared a booth with Ecolog Information Resource Group (one of our
founding organizations):
- Canadian Environmental
Conference and Tradeshow (CANECT) 2005, May 11-12, Mississauga,
ON.
- Environment
and Energy Conference (EECO) 2005, May 25-27, Toronto,ON - Angus
Ross, chair of the CBN advisory panel, chaired a session on brownfields
entitled "Brownfields to Greenfields: Financing Models to Revitalize
Real Estate Assets". The panel members were Ken Cornell of
AIG Environmental, James Evans of RBC Financial Group, Mitchell
Fasken of Kimshaw Holdings Limited and Doug Salloum of the Federation
of Canadian Municipalities. The panel discussed a case study and
explored how a brownfields redevelopment might be financed.
- FCM Conference
and Municipal Expo, June 3-6, St. Johns, NL.
- Newfoundland
Labrador Guidance Document for Management of Impacted Sites:
The Guidance Document for Management of Impacted Sites provides a clear
process for the management of impacted sites in the Province of Newfoundland
and Labrador that results in the satisfactory resolution of environmental
contamination, which may present an unacceptable risk to human and ecological
health.
The Guidance Document
incorporates recent scientific and regulatory advances in this area
that have resulted from work at the international, national and regional
levels. Specifically, recent work by the Canadian Council of Ministers
of the Environment (CCME), the Canada Wide Standards (CWS) for Petroleum
Hydrocarbons (PHC) Committee and the Atlantic Partners in RBCA (Risk
Based Corrective Action) Implementation (PIRI) Committee have provided
additional technical and management tools that will contribute to
viable solutions to provincial impacted sites.
This document
replaces Department Policy Document PPD-97-01 “Cleanup of Contaminated
Sites Criteria, “December 1997 (as amended August, 1998).
The “Policy Directive
on Management of Impacted Sites” describes the update of the Environment
Act, Waste Material Disposal Action and associated regulations and
policy protocols, which together provide authority to manage contaminated
or impacted sites in Newfoundland and Labrador. The update reflects
national and regional initiatives and harmonizes the Provincial approach
with other jurisdictions, in accordance with the Canada-wide Accord
on Environmental Harmonization and the Canada-wide Environmental Standards
Sub agreement. More
information.
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