Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Brownfields are defined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. The primary goals of Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Ch. 97-277, Laws of Florida, codified at ss. 376.77-.85, F.S.) are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage redevelopment and voluntary cleanup of contaminated properties. A 'brownfield area' means a contiguous area of one or more brownfield sites, some of which may not be contaminated, that has been designated as such by a local government resolution. Such areas may include all or portions of community redevelopment areas, enterprise zones, empowerment zones, other such designated economically deprived communities and areas, and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designated brownfield pilot projects. This layer provides a polygon representation of the boundaries of these designated Brownfield Areas in Florida.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Waste Management, BWC
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Brownfields are defined by the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) as abandoned, idled, or underused industrial and commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental contamination. The primary goals of Florida's Brownfields Redevelopment Act (Ch. 97-277, Laws of Florida, codified at ss. 376.77-.85, F.S.) are to reduce health and environmental hazards on existing commercial and industrial sites that are abandoned or underused due to these hazards and create financial and regulatory incentives to encourage voluntary cleanup and redevelopment of sites. After a local municipality in Florida designates an area as a brownfield to encourage redevelopment and focus upon revitalization, a resolution is passed and property owners within that designated area optionally may remediate or redevelop their property. Executed Brownfield Site Rehabilitation Agreements (BSRAs) are voluntary cleanup agreements between a responsible party and FDEP or a delegated local pollution control program. This agreement provides the FDEP and the public assurance that site rehabilitation will be conducted in accordance with the statute and the Brownfields Cleanup Criteria rule (Ch. 62-785), and provides liability protection for the responsible person. The agreement contains various commitments by the responsible person, including milestones for completion of site rehabilitation tasks and submittal of technical reports and plans as agreed to by the responsible person and the DEP. It also contains a commitment by the FDEP to review technical reports according to an agreed upon schedule. This layer provides a polygon representation of the boundaries of sites within a designated Brownfield Area within Florida where BSRAs have been executed between FDEP and a responsible party.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), Division of Waste Management