Brownfields offer tax breaks but cleanups not always required

Source: Florida Today.com, S. Cervenka, J. Waymer, D. Berman

The owners of Matt’s Casbah invested hundreds of thousands of dollars to transform a former gas station into a popular downtown restaurant that employs 65 people. That meant removing nine fuel tanks — both above and underground — and making sure none had contaminated the ground.Florida Department of Environmental Protection holds up the downtown Melbourne restaurant as a shining example of the state’s Brownfield Redevelopment Act in action, calling it a “must-eat dining destination.”

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Brownfield Sessions at Mississippi Municipal League Conference

During the 2012 Mississippi Municipal League Annual Conference in Biloxi, Mississippi, representatives of MDEQ will provide conference attendees the opportunity to learn more about redevelopment in Mississippi at the following sessions:

Roundtable Discussion (Monday, June 25, 1PM-4PM) -Brownfield Redevelopment Tools, Grants, and Incentives

Concurrent Session (Tuesday, June 26, 1PM-2PM) -Redevelopment Strategies and Incentives - Learn about strategies and incentives that have been used to secure EPA Brownfield Grants and how communities are leveraging resources to revitalize their community.


For information about MML Conference, including registration, go to their web site at http://mmlonline.com/conferences.aspx .

LDEQ - RFP for Targeted Brownfield Assessment Services - Due June 18, 2012/3:00 p.m. CST

The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality, hereinafter referred to as “the Department”, requires the services of a well-qualified contractor to provide assistance for planning and performing site assessments and development of remediation options. The goals are to supplement and work with other efforts under EPA’s Brownfields Program to promote the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields. The Department invites all qualified parties (companies and individuals) to submit proposals for providing these services. The Department
reserves the right to award multiple contracts.

1.2 Contract Term and Compensation

The term of the contract resulting from this RFP will be twenty four (24) months, beginning
approximately September 1, 2012 and ending approximately August 31, 2014 with the option to
renew for one additional year (not to exceed a total of 36 months).

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North Carolina #Brownfield Tax Incentives (§ 105-277.13)

Qualifying improvements on brownfield properties are designated a special class of property under Article V, Sec. 2(2) of the North Carolina Constitution and shall be appraised, assessed, and taxed in accordance with this section. An owner of land is entitled to the partial exclusion provided by this section for the first five taxable years beginning after completion of qualifying improvements made after the later of July 1, 2000, or the date of the brownfield agreement. After property has qualified for the exclusion provided by this section, the assessor for the county in which the property is located shall annually appraise the improvements made to the property during the period of time that the owner is entitled to the exclusion.

(b) For the purposes of this section, the terms "qualifying improvements on brownfield properties" and "qualifying improvements" mean improvements made to real property that is subject to a brownfield agreement entered into by the Department of Environment and Natural Resources and the owner pursuant to G.S. 130A-310.32.

(c) The following table establishes the percentage of the appraised value of the qualified improvements that is excluded based on the taxable year:

Year Percent of Appraised Value Excluded
Year 1 90%
Year 2 75%
Year 3 50%
Year 4 30%
Year 5 10%.

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