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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