NADC hopes to reap Brownfields benefits.Members of the National Association of Demolition Contractors (NADC NADC National Animal Disease Center (USDA) NADC National Arts and Disability Center NADC Nashville Auto-Diesel College NADC Naval Air Development Center NADC North American Digital Cellular ), Doylestown, Pa., are hoping to continue benefiting from federal government programs that will encourage the redevelopment of blighted industrial areas known as brownfields sites. The NADC exhibited at the Brownfields 2003 Conference, which was held in late October in Portland, Ore. "When President George Bush signed the brownfields legislation, he helped generate a substantial amount of work for the demolition industry," notes NADC Executive Director Michael Taylor. He notes that many NADC member companies include divisions or subsidiaries specializing in environmental reme-diation. "Because of a growing demand, many demolition contractors have expanded their skill areas into services that may include hazardous waste Hazardous waste Any solid, liquid, or gaseous waste materials that, if improperly managed or disposed of, may pose substantial hazards to human health and the environment. Every industrial country in the world has had problems with managing hazardous wastes. management, asbestos abatement, building decontamination decontamination /de·con·tam·i·na·tion/ (de?kon-tam-i-na´shun) the freeing of a person or object of some contaminating substance, e.g., war gas, radioactive material, etc. de·con·tam·i·na·tion n. , PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. removal, mold remediation, industrial cleaning and groundwater and soil remediation," states Taylor. In the past decade, according to an NADC news release, the U.S. EPA EPA eicosapentaenoic acid. EPA abbr. eicosapentaenoic acid EPA, n.pr See acid, eicosapentaenoic. EPA, n. has provided more than $250 million in brownfields funding to state and local governments, helping spur some $4.6 billion worth of clean-up and economic redevelopment activity. Brownfield sites are those considered abandoned or under-used and often contaminated contaminated, v 1. made radioactive by the addition of small quantities of radioactive material. 2. made contaminated by adding infective or radiographic materials. 3. an infective surface or object. though not to the point that they qualify for Superfund cleanup efforts. The NADC is a trade group representing the $3.5 billion demolition industry in North America. The group's 31st Annual Convention will be held at The Mirage Hotel and Casino from March 28 to 31, 2004. |
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