EPA’s Technical Assistance

to Brownfields (TAB)

Communities Program 

Providing Technical Assistance to 

Communities Facing Brownfields Challenges
What is TAB?

The TAB Program funds three organizations who with their extensive team of subgrantees, 

contractors, partners, and other network contacts provides technical assistance to 

communities and other stakeholders. The TABs help communities tackle the challenge 

of assessing, cleaning up and preparing brownfields sites for redevelopment, especially 

underserved, rural, small, and otherwise distressed communities.

Technical assistance provided through the TAB Program helps communities across 

the country increase their understanding and involvement in brownfields cleanup and 

revitalization and assists in moving brownfields sites forward in the process toward cleanup 

and reuse.

The TAB Program serves as an independent resource assisting communities with technical 

assistance in a variety of areas including:

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Community and stakeholder involvement

Health impacts of brownfield sites

Science and technology relating to brownfield site assessment, remediation, and site 

preparation activities

Brownfield finance

Integrated approaches to brownfield cleanup and redevelopment

Sources of brownfields assessment and cleanup funding

State brownfields and voluntary cleanup program requirements

Brownfields redevelopment activities

Each TAB grantee provides a wide range technical assistance. For more information about 

support available in your area, please see the list of TAB grantees on the next page. 

TAB Tools

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Resource Center

Special Projects

One-on-One Assistance

Newsletters and Case Studies

Web-based Tools

TAB Grantees

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New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT)—EPA Regions 1 and 3

www.epa.gov/brownfields/pdfs/njit-fact-sheet-02-07-13.pdf

Contact: Colette Santasieri 973-642-4165 santasieri@njit.edu

www.njit.edu

Kansas State University (KSU)—EPA Regions 5, 6, 7 and 8

www.epa.gov/brownfields/pubs/kansas-state-fact-sheet-03-21-13.pdf

Contact: Blase Leven 785-532-0780 baleven@ksu.edu

www.engg.ksu.edu/CHSR/outreach/tab/

Center for Creative Land Recycling (CCLR)—EPA Regions 2, 4, 9 and 10

www.epa.gov/brownfields/pubs/cclr-fact-sheet3-21-13.pdf

Contact: Sarah Sieloff 415-398-1080 ext. 110 sarah.sieloff@cclr.org

www.CCLR.org

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TAB Q&A

Q. How much will TAB assistance cost me or my project?

A. Most TAB services are provided free of charge—check with your specific TAB provider. 

Q. How do I find my TAB provider?

A. Locate your state and EPA region on the map inside this brochure. Each TAB provider 

offers technical assistance to several regions. Once you have found your provider, 

contact them directly.

Q. I need help understanding the technical and scientific information on the assessments done 

on my brownfields project before I move forward with cleanup. Can TAB assist me?

A. Yes. Your TAB provider can help you decipher reports, such as those related to site 

sampling, site assessment or federal regulations. 

Q. How will the TAB provider assist me?

A. There are many ways for TAB providers to assist with your challenge—they may 

sponsor a workshop that addresses your issues, provide answers to questions posted 

on their Web site, hold a Webinar you can attend remotely, provide information through 

a periodic newsletter, or meet directly with you. Refer to the TAB Tools section of this 

brochure or the TAB grantee Web site for specific information on how the TAB provider 

can help you.

Contacts

Debi Morey

Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW (5105T) Washington, DC 20460

(202) 566-2735

(202) 566-1476 fax

United States 

Environmental Protection 

Agency 

Office of Solid Waste 

and Emergency 

Response (5105T) 

EPA-560-F-15-194

July 2015

www.epa.gov