KEYNOTE SESSION
Brownfield development makes good environmental and economic
sense, but what really makes property attractive to a company
looking to relocate or expand? McCallum Sweeney is a site selection
consultant often hired by companies to 'bird dog' potential properties.
Mark Sweeney will share his insights into how brownfield development
can be tailored to meet the needs of the ultimate site occupant.
Honorary Chair Mark Schneider, The Rubinoff Company, will officially
open the Business of Brownfields at our 1:00 General Session.
Opening welcome remarks will then be offered by Allegheny County
Chief Executive Officer Dan Onorato.
Mark Sweeney will
then kick off the program portion of the General Session by discussing
his firm's role as a site selection consultant, and how the Western
Pennsylvania Region addresses these needs and requirements. Mr.
Sweeney will then be joined by a panel of distinguished representatives,
for a give-and-take exchange in where Pennsylvania stacks up to
the needs of business and industry. The panel will include PA
DEP Secretary Kathleen McGinty; Eloise Hirsh, The Southwestern
Pennsylvania Regional Planning Commission; Frank Horrigan, Governors
Action Team: SW Regional Office; Mark D. Lay, Commonwealth Financing
Authority; and Karl D. Ishman, PE, PLS, Pennsylvania Department
of Transportation. The panel will be moderated by Bill Flanagan,
Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
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GFPR -
AN IMPORTANT NEW ACRONYM IN BROWNFIELDS
Session 1A
Moderator: Richard Sheldon,
Jr., Willis Americas Administration, Inc, Radnor, PA
This session will answer the following questions about GFPR (guaranteed
fixed price remediation), a relatively new concept designed to address
the remediation obligations and other environmental legacy liabilities
associated with Brownfields development:
- what exactly is GFPR;
- when should I consider GFPR?;
- which business and/or regulatory elements drive GFPR as an effective
option, and which don't?;
- what types of firms offer GFPR programs and what are some of
the differences (e.g. pure liability transfer, land acquisition,
deal size, federal vs. commercial projects, etc.)?;
- where is the fine print and what are key GFPR contract design/considerations
(scope, performance security, etc.)?; and
- why is GFPR such a hot topic?
The panel will also provide examples of GFPR in action.
Edward S. Allen, Environmental
Risk Solutions LLC, Mason, OH
Mark Knaack, ELM
Investments, Peoria, IL
Brad Maurer, Esq., Frenkel
& Co. Inc./TerraSure Development LLC, New York, NY
Jim Redwine, Shaw
Environmental Liability Solutions, LLC, Baton Rouge, LA
VISION FOR THE PA LAND RECYCLING
PROGRAM
Session 1B
Moderator: Tom Mellott,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection, Harrisburg,
PA
Beginning with an award-winning regulatory program within the PA
Department of Environmental Protection, the Pennsylvania Brownfield
Initiative has become a comprehensive inter-agency engine whose
mantra is ‘constant improvement’ and the goal is to
‘expedite development’.
Melissa L. Williams,
Department of Community & Economic Development, Harrisburg,
PA
Larry Gasparato, Pennvest,
Region 2 Project Specialist
Scott Hoh, Department
of Community & Economic Development, Center for Local Government
Services
GREEN BUILDING AND BROWNFIELDS -- FIXING THE
PAST WITH AN EYE TOWARDS THE FUTURE
Session 1C
Moderator: Deborah Lange, Ph.D., P.E., DEE, Steinbrenner Institute
for Environmental Education and Research, Carnegie Mellon University,
Pittsburgh, PA
In many ways we have been very successful in using current programs
to solve past environmental problems. With that experience, we can
look ahead and assure that brownfield development will help improve
the quality of life for future generations.
Kristeen Gaffney, U.S. EPA, Region 3, Philadelphia, PA
J. Gary Gardner, AIA, Davis Gardner Gannon Pope Architecture,
Pittsburgh, PA
Gary Saulson, PNC Financial Services Group, Pittsburgh, PA
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