Deindustrialization, the Pittsburgh Region, and Re-Development

Brownfields

Real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be

Examples of brownfields

Former gas station
Site of dry cleaners
Abandoned school with asbestos
Abandoned

Size distribution

The 3,052 sites with area information range in size from

The USA Brownfields Initiative

Governmental hierarchy
National level framework
State level implementation
Local level

The USA Brownfields Initiative, cont.

Environmental Standards
Voluntary cleanup programs
Site specific, risk based
Legal

Relationship of Brownfields to Economic Development

Homestead and the Waterfront

Duquesne Brownfield

Jones & Laughlin Steel and the Southside Works

Herr’s Island to Washington’s Landing

Herr’s Island const.

Summerset and Nine Mile Run