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Definition of brownfield
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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Once Gabrielino-Tongva stomping grounds, the parcel later became a thriving rail depot and, eventually, a hotly contested strip of brownfield slated for industrial development.
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The $700 million project, which received $30 million in grants and other financial incentives, is expected to break ground in early 2018 on the Ironville site in East Toledo, a former brownfield.
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The $13 million includes a total of $7.8 million in public funding: the CRDA loan, $3.4 million in state and federal historic tax credits and a $1.5 million brownfields loan.
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The deal marks the latest step in the transformation of the 700-acre brownfield.
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Those grants pay for states to carry out a number of federal directives such as toxic substance compliance, pesticides enforcement and brownfield inspections.
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But both take large hits in the budget, including brownfields, which would see a 37% cut in EPA funding to manage the program and a 30% drop in grants to states.
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The company’s 2017 budget for greenfield and brownfield exploration is stable at $200 million.
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The legislation introduced Thursday establishes a permitting process for new use of 14 existing heavy industry sites, most of them abandoned and polluted brownfields.
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First Known Use of brownfield
1977
Law Dictionary
brownfield
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noun
brown·field
\ˈbrau̇n-ˌfēld\
Legal Definition of brownfield
: a tract of land that has been developed for industrial purposes, polluted, and then abandoned
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