{"id":446,"date":"2015-04-29T14:15:30","date_gmt":"2015-04-29T18:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/bowditchrealestateblog\/?p=446"},"modified":"2020-07-31T13:26:52","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T13:26:52","slug":"shades-of-gray-brownfields-redevelopment-and-superfund-sites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/bowditchrealestateblog\/2015\/04\/29\/shades-of-gray-brownfields-redevelopment-and-superfund-sites\/","title":{"rendered":"Shades of Gray:  Brownfields Redevelopment and Superfund Sites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. EPA\u2019s announcement that a former industrial property in the Town of Franklin is proposed for listing on <a href=\"http:\/\/yosemite.epa.gov\/opa\/admpress.nsf\/6d651d23f5a91b768525735900400c28\/b240f4dd49480dcf85257e1200725e74!OpenDocument\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">EPA\u2019s National Priorities List<\/a> got me thinking about how we rarely hear about new Superfund Sites. Please see <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/commercial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/04-27-15-Cox.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my article<\/a>, recently published in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bankerandtradesman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Banker &amp; Tradesman<\/a>, on getting dirty sites cleaned up and back on the tax rolls. Download a PDF of the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bowditch.com\/commercial\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2015\/04\/04-27-15-Cox.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. EPA&rsquo;s announcement that a former industrial property in the Town of Franklin is proposed for listing on EPA&rsquo;s National Priorities List got me thinking about how we rarely hear about new Superfund Sites. 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