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1、PoughkeepsiePolluters:BrownfieldsPastandPresentBrownfieldsareincreasinglyseenasapotentialassetforurbanrevitalization.ThispaperisintendedtobeafirstresourceforanyoneinterestedinbecominginvolvedinbrownfieldredevelopmentinPoughkeepsie;wediscusslegislationaffectingpotentialin

2、volvement,commoncontaminantsandmethodsofremediation,strategiesforensuringequityinredevelopment,andsomehistoricalandgeologicalinformationaboutconditionsspecifictoPoughkeepsiethatarerelevantforbrownfieldreclamationefforts.CarolinaLukacKatiePhillipsSiobhanWatsonIntroduction

3、Brownfieldsareincreasinglyseenasapotentialassetforurbanrevitalization.ThispaperisintendedtobeafirstresourceforanyoneinterestedinbecominginvolvedinbrownfieldredevelopmentinPoughkeepsie;wediscusslegislationaffectingpotentialinvolvement,commoncontaminantsandmethodsofremedia

4、tion,strategiesforensuringequityinredevelopment,andsomehistoricalandgeologicalinformationaboutconditionsspecifictoPoughkeepsiethatarerelevantforbrownfieldreclamationefforts.AcrosstheUnitedStates,avarietyofbrownfieldremediationprojectshavebeenstartedinthepasttwodecades,mo

5、tivatedbythedesireformorecompacturbanareasandtherevitalizationofcitycenters.Asattentiontobrownfieldshasincreased,legislationhasrapidlyevolvedtoencouragecleanupandredevelopment.Siteinvestigationandremediationtechnologyhaveimprovedandcommunitymembershavebecomemoreinvolvedi

6、ntheredevelopmentprocess.Withseveralchangestolegislation,incentives,andtechnology,inadditiontomanyinterestedparties,informationaboutbrownfieldscanbedifficulttogatheranddialoguebetweentheparticipantscanbeeasilystalled.Wehopethispaperwillcontributetothedevelopmentofanacces

7、siblesourceofinformationaboutlocalbrownfieldissues.Poughkeepsie’sBrownfieldsThedifficultyinfindinginformationaboutownersanddevelopmentplansforpossiblycontaminatedsitesmadeoursearchforinformationonPoughkeepsie’sbrownfieldsfrustrating.Thelimitedinformationwefoundaboutcurre

8、ntbrownfieldsdemonstratestheneedforabetterresourcebase.Regardless,wenowknowthattheDuttonLumbersite(loca