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Contents
Letter 1
Results in Brief 4
Background 7
EDA Has Provided Limited Funding for a Variety of Remediation
Activities at Brownfield Sites 9
Some EDA Regions Have Developed Processes to Better Ensure
Compliance with Environmental Remediation Standards 15
Grants Were Used for a Variety of Economic Development Purposes,
but Data on the Projects' Impact Were Largely Unavailable 20
Conclusions 27
Recommendations 28
Agency Comments and Our Evaluation 28
Appendixes
Appendix I: Objectives, Scope, and Methodology 30
Appendix II: Examples of EDA Grants to Brownfield Projects 36
Appendix III: Comments from Department of Commerce 41
Appendix IV: GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments 45
Tables Table 1: Types of Remediation Activities Conducted at
EDA-Funded Brownfield Sites, Fiscal Years 1998-2004 10
Table 2: EDA's Investment Policy Guidelines 23
Table 3: Initial Estimates and 6-Year Data on Jobs Created and
Retained 25
Table 4: Initial Project Estimates and 6-Year Data on Private Sector
Investment 25
Table 5: GAO Sample of EDA Grants to Brownfield Sites 31
Table 6: Grants Reviewed at EDA Regional Offices 32
Table 7: 95-Percent Confidence Intervals for Numeric and
Percentage Estimates 33Figures
Figure 1: EDA Grants to Brownfield Projects Compared with Total
EDA Grants, Fiscal Years 1998-2004
Figure 2: Remediation at EDA-Coded Brownfield Sites, Fiscal
Years 1998-2004
Figure 3: Analysis of EDA Funding to Brownfield Sites, Fiscal Years
1998-2004GAO-06-7 EDA Brownfield Remediation
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