Brownfields Redevelopment Section Statutes
Statutes:
Brownfields Property Reuse Act of 1997
Amendments to the Brownfields Property Reuse Statute through Session Law 2025-53
General Guidance:
Assessment:
Vapor:
- Minimum Mitigation and Sampling Requirements for Reuse
- VI Assessment Work Plan & Report Checklist
- VIMS Design Submittal Requirements
- VIMS O&M Plan Checklist
Townhomes:
Redevelopment
Upcoming Trainings
- TBA
Local Resources
Federal
- US EPA Brownfields Page
- US EPA Region 4 Brownfields Page
- US EPA Brownfields News
- US EPA Brownfields Tax Incentive Information
Other
- Annual Brownfields Legislative Reports
- NC Department of Commerce Available Sites and Buildings List (Note: these properties are not necessarily brownfields properties, and may or may not have environmental impact. The link is provided here as a reference to prospective developers looking for potential redevelopment properties.)
Phoenix Awards Application
Brownfields Revitalization is booming in North Carolina. Do you know about a worthy revitalization project to nominate for a Phoenix Award? The application period opens on January 1st and closes on June 30th of each year. For more information, please visit the Phoenix Awards website.
The awards are open to any individual, group, company, organization, government body or agency. Criteria for The Phoenix Awards™ focus on the magnitude of the project, innovative techniques, solutions to regulatory issues, and impact upon the community. A panel of environmental professionals and business, academic and government leaders select the winners.
Winners are selected from each of EPA’s ten regions, and additional special winners are selected for community impact, sustainability or other special achievements. The winners are selected annually and are showcased at the U.S. National Brownfields Conference held every 12 to 18 months.
Rural Brownfields Opportunities
Brownfields are not just for big cities. North Carolina has a rich history in rural manufacturing and industry. Many of these rural industries have taken hard economic hits over that last few decades making rural areas ripe for brownfields redevelopment. In fact, about a third of the Section's projects are in small towns and rural areas across the state. There are other programs designed to assist these communities with economic development assistance that can dovetail with brownfields redevelopment. Funding or other assistance obtained from these programs can work in concert with liability protections under the Brownfields Redevelopment Section to form a comprehensive economic development whole. Below are some other programs to look into if you are redeveloping in a rural community.
The NC Rural Center has a Building Reuse Initiative that can provide grants to rural communities to help prepare abandoned building for reuse. If these buildings happen to be environmentally impacted they make for a brownfield opportunity as well.
The NC Department of Commerce's Main Street Program assists numerous small towns and cities in North Carolina with economic development issues for their downtown areas. It is administered by the Division of Community Assistance whose services are often instrumental in helping communities with redevelopment issues. Again, the Brownfields Redevelopment Section can provide a tool for these properties if environmental liability from past problems seems to be a barrier to their reuse.
Agreement Process
To Prospective Developers in the brownfields program that are preparing the Summary Notice of Intent:
For consistent application of the public notice postings requirement in the Brownfields Property Reuse Act, the program requires the use of a template for prospective developers to use for public notice postings at brownfields properties. Use the template at the link below, and follow the template instructions for posting the Summary Notice of Intent at the brownfields property.