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Hazardous Waste

Pollution is Killing Black Americans: This Community Fought Back (The New York Times Magazine, Jul. 28, 2020)

EPA Guidance for Hazardous Waste Cleanup & Emergency Response Sites Impacted by COVID-19 (The National Law Review, Apr. 14, 2020)

Environmental Groups Move to Sue South Bay Refinery over Mishandling of Hazardous Waste (Los Angeles Times, Aug. 7, 2019)

Learn the Basics of Hazardous Waste (United States Environmental Protection Agency, Apr. 26, 2019)

Economics of Land Cleanup and Waste Management (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Impact on Property Value & Other Issues

Communities of Color are a Dumping Ground for Toxic Waste in Michigan (Detroit Metro Times, Sep. 16, 2020)

“Trapped in a Dump”: Shawnigan Lake Resident Frustrated Over High Property Value (CBC, Jan. 26, 2020)

Cinnaminson Landfill Turned into a Solar Panel Farm (Burlington County Times, Aug. 7, 2019)

Analysis: Financial Impacts on Property Values, Counties with Landfills (All On Georgia, Jul. 8, 2019)

PFAS Pollution Already Costing Michigan Communities Millions of Dollars (MLive, Mar. 21, 2019)

Brownfields: The ​Basics & Appraisal Techniques

Seller Beware: Coordinating Brownfields Redevelopment with Remediation (New Jersey Law Journal, May 14, 2020)

EPA Announces $65.6m in Brownfield Grants (Environment Analyst, May 12, 2020)

Brownfields: Properties with New Purpose – Improving Local Economies in Communities with Brownfield Sites (United States Environmental Protection Agency, June 2019)

A New Gold Rush: Finding Opportunities in Brownfields (NJ Biz, May 27, 2019) E

Making Lemonade Our of Lemons: Opportunity Zones, Brownfields Redevelopment, and Environmental Considerations in Real Estate Deals (The National Law Review, Feb. 27, 2019)

Web Resources

Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR)

Brownfields (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Superfund (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

My Environment (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

NAR Talking Points: How to Talk About Environmental Issues (National Association of REALTORS®)

Smart Growth: A Toolkit for REALTORS® (National Association of REALTORS®)

Household Hazardous Waste (United States Environmental Protection Agency)

Books, eBooks & Other Resources

eBooks.realtor.org

The following eBooks and digital audiobooks are available to NAR members:

Pollution and Property (eBook)

Sustainable Property Development (eBook, Kindle)

Books, Videos, Research Reports & More

The resources below are available for loan through Member Support. Up to three books, tapes, CDs and/or DVDs can be borrowed for 30 days from the Library for a nominal fee of $10. Call Member Support at 800-874-6500 for assistance.

Property Values and Environmental Factors Special Edition (San Diego, CA: American Real Estate Society, 2014) NAC1565 Am3

Environmental Hazards and Residential Property Values: Evidence from a Major Pipeline Event (Bellingham, WA: Western Washington University, 2006) NAC 1565 H19

Greenfields, Brownfields and Housing Development (Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers, 2002) NAC 852 A1

Turning Bases into Great Places: New Life for Closed Military Facilities (United States Environmental Protection Agency, Jan. 2006)

Valuing Contaminated Properties: An Appraisal Institute Anthology (Chicago, IL: Appraisal Institute, 2002) HD1389.5.U6 V36 2002

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