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Welcome to the CLU-IN Internet Seminar

Welcome to the CLU-IN Internet Seminar. TABEZ - Free E-Tool to Facilitate Writing of EPA Assessment and Cleanup Grants Sponsored by: U.S. EPA Region 5 Delivered: September 8, 2010, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, EDT (18:00-19:30 GMT)

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Welcome to the CLU-IN Internet Seminar

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  1. Welcome to the CLU-IN Internet Seminar TABEZ - Free E-Tool to Facilitate Writing of EPA Assessment and Cleanup Grants Sponsored by: U.S. EPA Region 5 Delivered: September 8, 2010, 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM, EDT (18:00-19:30 GMT) Instructors:Sabine E. Martin, Kansas State University, Center for Hazardous Substance Research (smartin1@ksu.edu) Deborah Orr, U.S. EPA Region 5 (orr.deborah@epa.gov) Moderator:Jean Balent, U.S. EPA, Technology Innovation and Field Services Division (balent.jean@epa.gov) 1 Visit the Clean Up Information Network online atwww.cluin.org

  2. Housekeeping Please mute your phone lines, Do NOT put this call on hold press *6 to mute #6 to unmute your lines at anytime Q&A Turn off any pop-up blockers Move through slides using # links on left or buttons This event is being recorded Archives accessed for free http://cluin.org/live/archive/ Download slides as PPT or PDF Go to slide 1 Submit comment or question Report technical problems Move back 1 slide Go to seminar homepage Go to last slide Move forward 1 slide 2

  3. Deborah Orr, Brownfields Coordinator Region 5TAB EZ Webinar Introduction September 2010 Laidlaw, IL

  4. TAB EZ(www.tabez.org) Sabine E. Martin, Ph.D., P.G. Center for Hazardous Substance Research Kansas State University September 2010 4

  5. Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) Communities • A national program • Funded by EPA headquarters via grants to 4 different entities • Free to communities • K-State assists communities in EPA Regions 5 and 7 5

  6. EPA Regions 6

  7. TAB Assistance to Communities • Tailored to specific community needs • Typically coordinated through the city, tribal or non-profit brownfields project manager • May include: • Help identifying funding sources for revitalization projects • Review of EPA and other grant applications • Help finding a consulting firm • Review of project plans, technical reports • Assistance with community outreach/involvement • Educational workshops and redevelopment visioning • Other assistance, as needed and agreed upon • Communities accepted on a ‘first come’ basis • Depends on staff/funding availability 7

  8. Special ProjectsWeb - based software: TAB EZwww.tabez.org 8

  9. TAB EZ Free, online tool developed to simplify the EPA Brownfields grant application process 9

  10. Background • Prototype developed by Purdue University with EPA TAB funding (Midwest Hazardous Substance Research Center) • Center for Hazardous Substance Research at Kansas State University developed latest version, released on September 4, 2008 10

  11. WHY TAB EZ? • Levels playing field for small/ rural communities, disadvantaged cities and towns and not-for-profits • Tool is time and place independent: flexibility critical to community resources that are stretched to capacity • Integrates brownfield education with support for all stakeholders 11

  12. What TAB EZ CAN and Can NOT do TAB EZ can: • provide a framework for the Community’s proposal • provides strategies and links to reduce time in writing the proposal TAB EZ cannot: • write a specific and compelling proposal for you It’s your proposal! 12

  13. TAB EZ is NOT a substitute for reading the grant guidelines!!! 13

  14. Features and Benefits to Users • User friendly and can be accessed anytime at the user’s own pace • Integrates Brownfield education with online support: definitions, regulatory citations and pertinent federal/state web links • Helpful Hints for every criteria to be addressed 14

  15. TAB Contacts • Dr. Sabine Martin (Program Director) Blase Leven785-532-6474smartin1@k-state.edu • Blase Leven913-532-6519 • baleven@ksu.edu Web site: http://www.engg.ksu.edu/chsr/outreach 15

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  32. Questions? 32

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  49. Sabine Martin has invited you to help write a brownfields grant proposal using the TAB EZ software at www.tabez.org.You have been invited to participate on the following TAB EZ project: mytownThis project has been added to your Grant Application list. 49

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