ASTM E1984-98

Standard Guide for Process of Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment

SCOPE
1.1 This guide covers redevelopment of a Brownfields property for all stakeholders. This guide identifies impediments to Brownfields development and suggests solutions to facilitate redevelopment. Both government and community groups are concerned with the quality of Brownfields redevelopment and wish to ensure that the redevelopment will not only protect public health and environment, but also be economically viable and benefit the community. The sustainable Brownfields redevelopment process is a voluntary effort that actively engages property owners, developers, government agencies, and the community in conducting corrective action, economic evaluation, and other actions to promote the long-term productive reuse of a Brownfields property. The process can make great strides toward sustainable redevelopment since it encourages economic vitality of an area which in turn can reduce other social problems at Brownfields properties including poverty, unemployment, and crime.
1.2 It is the intent of this guide to encourage a sustainable Brownfields redevelopment process through responsible private/public investment and redevelopment of Brownfields properties. Brownfields redevelopment is not strictly an environmental issue. In some cases, the environmental issues may be a minor component of the redevelopment project. The interrelated financial, regulatory, and community participation aspects of Brownfields redevelopment should also be addressed. Decisions made in one of these areas may affect responses in other areas. For example, a community's goals for the ultimate use of a property may affect corrective action and the cost of potential remedial action that, in turn, may enhance the redevelopment.
1.3 This guide is intended to describe a highly flexible process. This process is not linear, and not every project requires full use of all components of the process for effective implementation. The key to the process is the active engagement of government, developers, and the community to ensure successful sustainable Brownfields redevelopment process.

General Information

• Status: Historical
• Publication Date: 09-Nov-1998
• ICS: 91.020 - Physical planning. Town planning
• Technical Committee: E50 - Environmental Assessment, Risk Management and Corrective Action
• Drafting Committee: E50.02 - Real Estate Assessment and Management

Relations

• Replaced By: ASTM E1984-03 - Standard Guide for Process of Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment (Withdrawn 2012)
• Effective Date: 10-May-2003

Standards Content (Sample)

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Designation: E 1984 – 98
Standard Guide for
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Process of Sustainable Brownfields Redevelopment
This standard is issued under the fixed designation E 1984; the number immediately following the designation indicates the year of
original adoption or, in the case of revision, the year of last revision. A number in parentheses indicates the year of last reapproval. A
superscript epsilon (ε) indicates an editorial change since the last revision or reapproval.
1. Scope E 1527 Practice for Environmental SiteAssessments: Phase
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I Environmental Site Assessment Process
1.1 This guide covers redevelopment of a Brownfields
E 1528 Practice for Environmental Site Assessments:
propertyforallstakeholders.Thisguideidentifiesimpediments
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Transaction Screen Process
toBrownfieldsdevelopmentandsuggestssolutionstofacilitate
E 1739 Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Action Applied at
redevelopment. Both government and community groups are
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Petroleum Release Sites
concerned with the quality of Brownfields redevelopment and
E 1912 Guide for Accelerated Site Characterization for
wish to ensure that the redevelopment will not only protect
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Confirmed or Suspected Petroleum Releases
publichealthandenvironment,butalsobeeconomicallyviable
E 1943 Guide for Remediation by GroundWater by Natural
and benefit the community. The sustainable Brownfields rede-
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Attenuation at Petroleum Release Sites
velopment process is a voluntary effort that actively engages
PS 104 Provisional Guide for Risk-Based Corrective Ac-
property owners, developers, government agencies, and the
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tion
community in conducting corrective action, economic evalua-
tion, and other actions to promote the long-term productive
3. Terminology
reuse of a Brownfields property. The process can make great
3.1 Definitions—The following definitions are quoted di-
strides toward sustainable redevelopment since it encourages
rectly from the July 1995 revision of Regulations Governing
economic vitality of an area which in turn can reduce other
ASTM Technical Committees.As definitions developed by the
social problems at Brownfields properties including poverty,
Committee on Standards (COS), these definitions are provided
unemployment, and crime.
for informational purposes only, and are not subject to ballot or
1.2 It is the intent of this guide to encourage a sustainable
revisions under this guide.
Brownfields redevelopment process through responsible
3.1.1 standard—as used in ASTM, a document that has
private/public investment and redevelopment of Brownfields
beendevelopedandestablishedwithintheconsensusprinciples
properties. Brownfields redevelopment is not strictly an envi-
of the Society and that meets the approval requirements of
ronmental issue. In some cases, the environmental issues may
ASTM procedures and regulations.
be a minor component of the redevelopment project. The
3.1.1.1 Discussion—The term “standard” serves in ASTM
interrelated financial, regulatory, and community participation
as an adjective in the title of documents, such as test methods
aspects of Brownfields redevelopment should also be ad-
or specifications, to connote specified consensus and approval.
dressed. Decisions made in one of these areas may affect
The various types of standard documents are based on the
responses in other areas. For example, a community’s goals for
needs and usages as prescribed by the technical committees of
the ultimate use of a property may affect corrective action and
the Society.
the cost of potential remedial action that, in turn, may enhance
3.1.2 guide—an organized collection of information or
the redevelopment.
series of options that does not recommend a specific course of
1.3 This guide is intended to describe a highly flexible
action.
process. This process is not linear, and not every project
3.1.2.1 Discussion—A guide increases the awareness of
requires full use of all components of the process for effective
information and approaches in a given subject area.
implementation. The key to the process is the active engage-
3.1.3 practice—a definitive set of instructions for perform-
ment of government, developers, and the community to ensure
ing one or more specific operations that does not produce a test
successful sustainable Brownfields redevelopment process.
result.
2. Referenced Documents 3.1.3.1 Discussion—Examples of practices include, but are
not limited to: application, assessment, cleaning, collection,
2.1 ASTM Standards:
decontamination, inspection, installation, preparation, sam-
pling, screening, and training.
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ThisguideisunderthejurisdictionofASTMCommitteeE50onEnvironmental
Assessment and is the direct responsibility of Subcommittee E50.02 on Commercial
Real Estate Transactions.
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Current edition approved Nov. 10, 1998. Published January 1999. Annual Book of ASTM Standards, Vol. 11.04.
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