UsingInnovativeGISTechnologytoCompileAccurateBrownfieldInventories

ZenonTech-CzarnyRutgersCenterforUrbanEnvironmentalSustainability(CUES)

UrbanExtensionConferenceRutgersNewark

November29-30,2016

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NeedandChallenge

• RemediatingandredevelopingBrownfieldsisacriticalissueforhumanandenvironmentalhealthinurbancommunities

• Officialdatabasesmaynotbewellmaintainedoraccurate• Manycommunitiesdonothaveanup-to-dateBrownfieldinventory

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PERTHAMBOYBROWNFIELDINVENTORY

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ProjectTeam

• TheMiddlesexCountyImprovementAuthority(MCIA)• TheCityofPerthAmboy• TheRutgersCenterforUrbanEnvironmentalSustainability(CUES)

• FundedbyaUSEPABrownfieldsAssessmentCoalitionGrant

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SurveySummary

• OneMonth• TwoStudents• 279KnownDatabaseSites

• 25SiteMartproperties• 76NJDEPKnownContaminatedSitesListsites• 178USEPARCRAsites

• 10,088individualparcelswithinthesurveyarea

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PROCESS

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Survey Areas

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Preparations

• DownloadedGISdatafromstateandfederalsources• ClippedGIStocityboundary• Developedsurvey• ConvertedsurveytofieldsinGISdata• FormattedmapsinArcGIS• UploadeddatatoArcGISOnline• Setupmapsfordevices

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ResultsSummary

• 94potentialupdatestoknowndatabases– 14addressdiscrepancies– 80businessnamesthatmaynotmatchthedatabaseinformation

• 124potentiallycontaminatedsitesnotinknowndatabase

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Recommendationsforthecity

• SubmitaddressdiscrepanciestoNJDEP• Comparebusinessnamediscrepancieswithlocaltaxinformationto

ascertaindatabasesiteownershipiscorrect• ContinuetoworkwithNJDEPtodevelopaprocesstoincorporate

reliabledatacorrectionsintothestatedatabases.• Createastrategytoinvestigateparcelswhereactivecommercial

activitiessuggestthepotentialforsitecontamination.• Incorporatenon-activesitesinfutureredevelopmentplanning

initiatives• Prioritizeaninvestigationofsiteswherechemicaldrumsandspills

wereobserved

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Acknowledgements

• BethRavit,PhD,AssistantResearchProfessor,DepartmentofEnvironmentalSciences;Co-Director,CenterforUrbanEnvironmentalSustainability(CUES)

• DeniseNickel,MiddlesexCountyImprovementAuthority• AnnieHindenlang,ExecutiveDirector/PrincipalPlanner,Cityof

PerthAmboy• WilliamKurzenberger,ProgramCoordinator,CityofPerthAmboy• MarkHooper,CUESGradute StudentIntern• Dayvonn Jones,CUESStudentIntern• AmyHsieh,CUESStudentIntern