Negotiated
Rulemaking Concerning
All Appropriate
Inquiry as required
under the Small
Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency:
negotiated rulemaking
process to develop
All Appropriate
Inquiry (AAI) standards
and practices for
environmental assessments.
To assert protection
from CERCLA (Superfund)
liability for brownfields,
innocent landowners,
contiguous property
owners, bona fide
prospective purchasers,
and EPA brownfields
grantees must conduct
environmental site
assessments in accordance
with the AAI regulation.
Affordable
Housing Formula Negotiated
Rulemaking Committee,
Office of Native American
Programs, U.S. Department
of Housing and Urban
Development:
SP&A facilitated
the committee meeting
to review public comments
received after publication
of a proposed rule
to allocate federal
resources for affordable
housing under the
Native American Housing
Assistance and Self
Determination Act
of 1996 (NAHASDA).
The Assistant Secretary
and Deputy Assistant
Secretary for Public
and Indian Housing
and members of twenty-nine
Native American and
Eskimo tribes participated.
Affordable
Housing Negotiations:
Defining Fair Share
Simulation, created
for Fannie Mae and
National Association
of Home Builders:
simulation involving
mediated negotiations
among municipalities
to develop a fair
share formula that
will result in affordable
housing unit allocations.
East
Falls Brownfields
Redevelopment Simulation,
created for U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Naugatuck Valley Brownfields
Workshop on Consensus
Building:
used to train local
government officials,
developers, community
activists, and citizens
in negotiation techniques
to streamline brownfields
redevelopment. Co-authored
with the Consensus
Building Institute.
Introduce
Consensus Building
Processes to Housing
Experts, Fannie Mae
/ National Association
of Home Builders:
workshop to discuss
the use and value
of consensus building
processes to promote
the development of
affordable housing
nationwide.
Main
Street Redevelopment,
Derby, Connecticut,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency,
Brownfields, Region
I: convening
assessment for the
use of consensus building
process to develop
a plan to redevelop
the south side of
Main Street in Derby,
Connecticut.
Naugatuck
Valley Brownfields
Workshop on Consensus
Building, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency:
workshop to introduce
consensus building
tools for use in brownfields
redevelopment. It
included negotiation
training for local
government officials,
developers, community
activists, and citizens.
Organizational
Change, Associated
General Contractors
of Massachusetts:
facilitated Board
of Directors meeting
to identify and articulate
process expertise
among successful contractors
of public works projects
to expand mission
of organization.
Regulatory
Relief in Housing,
Home Builders Association
of Connecticut/ Fannie
Mae Foundation:
identified opportunities
for regulatory relief
in state empowerment
zones to reduce housing
costs and stimulate
development in low
income areas.
Select
Brownfields Sites
for Phase I Site Assessment,
in New Bedford, MA,
U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency:
city-wide task group
developed a process
to identify priority
sites, from a list
of 300+ sites, to
determine allocation
of existing and future
phase I assessment
funds.
Wetlands
Permits under the
Massachusetts Department
of Environmental Protection,
Wetlands Program:
mediated permit decisions
in or near wetlands
areas appealed by
either Conservation
Commissions or developers.
U.S.
Department of Defense,
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Institute
for Water, Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Series: Deciding
Whether or Not to
Partner Small Projects:
A Guide for U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers
Managers: a management
decision-making tool
for determining when
to use partnering,
a conflict prevention
procedure, for small
projects (includes
12 case studies). Case
Study (pdf)
U.S.
Department of Defense,
U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, Institute
for Water, Alternative
Dispute Resolution
Series: Small
Projects Partnering:
The Drayton Hall Streambank
Protection Project:
Analysis of the use
of partnering in small
projects. Case
Study (pdf)
