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Note: If you have any difficulty opening any of the documents below, please send an email to chsr@ksu.edu and include the document name & link. Thank you.

Publications

Environmental Science and Technology Briefs for Citizens

Brownfields Resources

• Brownfields Basics (PDF)
  What is a Brownfield?

• Institutional Controls (PDF)

• Asbestos: What Is It? Where Is It? (PDF)

• Lead-Based Paint: What Is It? Where Is It? (PDF)

• Phase I Environmental Site Assessments (PDF) property owners, investors, borrowers, and lenders.

• Phytoremediation at Brownfields (PDF)
  What is it and how does it work?

• Planning for Community Involvement (PDF)
  How to develop and implement a community outreach plan.

• Steps in Choosing an Environmental Consultant (PDF)
  What to look for before starting your important projects.

• What are Quality Assurance Project Plans (PDF)
  How to write and develop a quality assurance project plan.

• Writing a Request for Proposal (PDF)
  Communities that receive a Brownfields Pilot Grant typically need to hire a contractor to do an environmental assessment of the property to be redeveloped. This 6-page publication provides guidance for soliciting proposals from contractors.

• Grant Writing Tips (PDF)
  Summary of tips for writing grant proposals, with details specific to applying for EPA funding. (09/2009)

General Resources

• Understanding Units of Measurement (PDF)
  How to understand measurement units used in technical environmental reports.

• Human Health Effects of Heavy Metals (PDF)
  Human health impacts of RCRA metals.
   
• Unexploded Ordnance (PDF)
  A reference guide for citizens.
   
• Science Basics (PDF)
  An overview of the scientific method and tips for reading technical reports.
   
• Understanding Statistics (PDF)
  Basics of statistics and how statistical methods are used in environmental decision making.
   
• Landfills and Biochemical Oxygen Demand (PDF)
  BOD levels and the importance of liners, caps and leachate collection systems.
   
• Superfund Technical Assistance Grants (TAGs) (PDF)
  An overview of TAGs.
   
• Collecting Environmental Information Using the Data Quality Objectives (DQO) Process (PDF)
  Outlines the steps in the DQO process.
   
• Human Health Risk Assessment (PDF)
  Explains the steps in risk assessment and the various ways in which risk can be measured.
   

Cleanup Methods

• A Guide to In-Well Vapor Extraction (PDF)
  A description of in-well vapor extraction, a method used to clean up hazardous chemicals that contaminate groundwater; includes some advantages and limitations of this method.
   
• A Guide to Thermal Desorption (PDF)
  A description of thermal desorption, one of many methods used to clean up soil that has been contaminated with hazardous chemicals; includes some advantages and disadvantages of this method.
   
• New Methods of Cleaning Up Heavy Metal in Soils and Water (PDF)
  Discusses three methods of treating or cleaning up soils contaminated with heavy metals.

Tribal Resources

• Public Participation in the Superfund Process: A Guide for Tribal Communities (PDF, 53KB), (07/2007)

• Susanville Indian Rancheria (SIR) Properties (PDF, 123 KB), (07/2007)

This is a version of the above publication, developed for distribution to Elders in the Susanville Indian Rancheria.

• Tribal Superfund Outreach Materials (Compressed ZIP file, 148.5 MB)
   
• Tribal Environmental Justice Training Module (Compressed ZIP file, 29.4 MB)
   
• TOSNAC Resources Page

Additional TOSC, TAB, or TOSNAC Publications

Outreach Brochures

• Technical Assistance to Brownfields (PDF) (02/28/08)
  A description of TAB assistance offered through CHSR.

Papers and Presentations

• The Environmental Knowledge and Assessment Tool (EKAT)
• Presentation for Brownfields 2006 (PDF)
• EKAT Help Sheet for Brownfields 2006 (PDF)
• EKAT Brochure (PDF)
   
• Heavy Metal Stabilization in Soil (PDF)
   
• Community Participation in Brownfields Redevelopment (PDF)
  The collaborative process affecting the interests of all stakeholders.
   
• Former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites
  Information at the "Former Manufactured Gas Plant Sites" page includes examples of site assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment activities at several former manufactured gas plants around the country. Although these examples help show the range of activities at former manufactured gas plants, it is important to remember that each site is different and activities at one site may not reflect actions suitable for another site. Activities described at these Web sites may be outdated and may not represent current, ongoing activities.
   
• Environmental Policies Affecting Communities (PDF)
   
• A Review of Showcase Community Partnerships (PDF)
   
• Phytoremediation at Brownfields (PDF)

Workshop Materials and Reports

• Brownfields in Small and Rural Communities Workshop Evaluation Report - December 1, 2003 (PDF)
   
• Brownfields in Small and Rural Communities Workshop Evaluation Report - Followup Evaluation - March 1, 2004 (PDF)
   
• Brownfields in Small and Rural Communities Workshop Evaluation Report - September 30, 2004 (PDF)
   
• Brownfields in Small and Rural Kansas Communities Comprehensive Evaluation Report 2003-4 - September 30, 2004 (PDF)

Links

• EnviroTools
  Educational resources to help communities clean up pollution problems.
   
• SMARTe
  Sustainable Management Approaches and Revitalization Tools - electronic. A decision support system for developing and evaluating future resource scenarios for potentially contaminated land. 

• Brownfields Technology Support Center
  Includes a number of EPA publications in electronic form. 
  
  
• ATSDR’s Recent Brownfield and Land Reuse Webinar Now Available Online
  In November 2012, The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) sponsored webinar titled “Improving Community Health through Land Reuse and Development.” Participants heard firsthand about the critical role public health plays in land reuse and redevelopment decisions and the many free tools and resources ATSDR has available to assist communities in their efforts. The webinar materials are now available on the ATSDR Brownfield/Land Reuse Health Initiative website at http://www.atsdr.cdc.gov/sites/brownfields/index.html