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NC-2009 SSc3:Brownfield Redevelopment

Reclaimed land near landfill

One of my projects choose to develop on a piece of land that is reclaimed and near an operating landfill and as thought in the design stage land contaminant would very likely to be found. So we did soil and ground water samplings but surprisingly, no contaminant exceeeds thresold and therefore no remediation work is required. Do you think we could earn SSc3 ?

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Larry Sims
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Wed, 12/14/2011 - 04:14

William, USGBC has been pretty consistent in addressing sites that contain environmentally hazardous contamination. Documentation is required to be provided that determined the site is contaminated to a level that must be remediated prior to development. In my opinion, you would have a difficult time arguing the development has been complicated by the presence, or potential presence, of contamination. There are many reasons for redeveloping brownfield sites, but I’m hard pressed to see many, if any, reasons for "wanting" to encumber your property as a brownfield. It could come back to haunt you in the future and end up being a terrible price to pay for a single credit point if you are certain that no remediation is, or likely will be, required.

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