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2040 CRP Summary / Environment and Green Infrastructure BROWNFIELDS 58 CLEAN UP BROWNFIELDS Over the years, pollution-creating industries and businesses have taken a toll on our environment in Northwest Indiana. When they depart from a location, they leave behind a potentially contaminated footprint and thus create a “brownfield.” These sites vary in the level of pollution present, and there are a number of cleanup, or remediation, standards that govern these programs. Some sites may involve only minor remediation, and costs are minimized and new uses initiated. Other sites can be classified as full-blown “Superfund” sites by the EPA, which indicate the worst hazardous waste sites in the U.S. Superfund sites pose an enormous challenge for remediation, and they are primarily located in low-income, urbanized areas. Even the sites that are not contaminated gain a brownfield “stigma” by mere proximity to others. The existence of these sites not only hampers a community’s economic outlook, it also severely affects its overall well-being. It is critical to promote programs that aid in the remediation of brownfield sites to protect our environmental and economic health. Many sites in our region today have been successfully cleaned up and restored back to productive use, however many more locations remain. A number of programs exist to help restore brownfields and address the array of complex issues that are associated with these processes. These programs exist on the state and federal level and will need to be employed vigorously in order to revitalize our region for future infill growth in our established urban areas.
59 Brownfield Remediation: The site of the Portage Lakefront and Riverwalk (above) formerly was used by a steel corporation as settling ponds for industrial byproduct and a sewage treatment facility. Through an innovative partnership among the City of Portage, the National Park Service, the Regional Development Authority, U.S. Steel and others, the property was restored and returned to public use. Opportunities for brownfield restoration exist throughout Northwest Indiana, but our Focused Revitalization areas hold the greatest potential.
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