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EFAB Reports by subject
Brownfield Reports and Advisories:
Brownfields Tax Incentive Letter Report, a Letter to the Administrator (April 2001)
Brownfields Tax Incentive Letter Report, a Letter to the Administrator (March 2000)
Brownfields Tax Incentive Letter Report, a Letter to the Administrator (October 1998)
Expediting Clean-Up and Redevelopment of Brownfields: Addressing the Major Barriers to Private Sector Involvement -- Real or Perceived , an Advisory (December 1997)
Recommendations Based on EFAB's Five Brownfields Reports - Letter Report , a Letter to the Administrator (March 1997)
Barriers and Incentives to Financing Brownfields Cleanup and Reuse - Brownfields Report No. 5 (February 1997)
EFAB Indianapolis Meeting on Financing Brownfields Redevelopment  - Brownfields Report No. 4 (March 1996)
Financing Strategies for Brownfields Redevelopment - Brownfields Report No. 3 (March 1996)
Financing Brownfields Redevelopment: Linkages to the Empowerment Zone / Enterprise Community Program - Brownfields Report No. 2 (March 1996)
Information Needs of Capital Providers in Brownfields Redevelopment - Brownfields Report No. 1 (September 1995)
Clean Water Action Plan Reports:
Recommendations and Final Report on Financing Opportunities for the Clean Water Action Plan (PDF) (July 1999)
GAP Analysis:
Proposals with Regard to the Gap Analysis (May 2000)
State Revolving Fund Reports:
EFAB's "Coordination of USEPA State Revolving Fund (SRF) and USDA Rural Utility Service (RUS) Water and Sewer Loan Assistance" (PDF)(17 pp, 4.2M) (August 2003)
"Expanding Lending for Non-Point Source Projects:" 1) Cover letter , 2) Report. (April 2002)
"Conservation Savings Increment Loans: A Proposal Concerning The State Revolving Funds:" 1) Cover letter , 2) Report . (September 2001)
"Arbitrage Relief Would Increase Funds Available to Meet Critical Water and Sewer Funding Needs:" 1) Cover letter , 2) Report . (September 2001)
Environmental State Revolving Funds: Developing a Model to Expand the Scope of the SRF (June 2001)
Pace of Lending Issues Regarding State Revolving Funds (January 2000)
Ways the State Revolving Funds Could Assist the Better America Bonds Initiative (June 1999)
Funding Privately Owned Water Providers through the Safe Drinking Water Act State Revolving Fund (July 1998)
Why Longer Loan Terms are Prudent for SRF's - Technical Report (PDF) (November 1997)
"State Revolving Fund: A Decade of Successful SRF Performance, 1987-1997" - Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities, EFAB Advisory Board
Applications of the Cross-Collateralization Language to Various State Revolving Fund Structures (November 1997)
Follow-up EFAB Letter Regarding Cross-Collateralization (June 1997)
Evaluation of the Transferability Provisions in the Safe Drinking Water Act as a Means for Cross-Collateralization (February 1997)
Cross-Collateralization Issues Affecting the State Revolving Fund Program (November 1996)
Superfund Reports:
"Leveraging the Superfund: Ideas and Opportunities" - Superfund Report No. 2 (March 1996)
"Increasing Flexibility for Financing the Cleanup of Contaminated Sites" - Superfund Report No. 1 (September 1995)
Cost-Effective Environmental Management Reports:
Report on Findings from EFAB's Environmental Management Systems Workshop(33 pp, 2.8M) (July 2003)
Summary of Results from EFAB's Workshop on Governmental Accounting Standards Board Statement No. 34, March 4, 2002 (PDF)(17 pp, 1.7M) (July 2003)
"Public Sector Initiatives to Increase Efficiency and Overall Performance in the Water and Wastewater Industry:" 1) Cover letter , 2) Summary Notes of Key Points . (April 2002)
Private Sector Initiatives to Improve Efficiencies in Providing Public-Purpose Environmental Services (July 2001)
Cost-Effective Environmental Management Case Studies (January 1998)
International Reports:
Removing Barriers to Investment in Environmental Infrastructure in Western Europe - White Paper (December 2000)
Cooperative International Environmental Bond Guaranty Fund (June 1999)
Comments on the OIA Draft Proposal for the NIS Environmental Bond Guaranty Program , a Letter to the Assistant Administrator for International Activities (August 1998)
"Creating a Viable Finance Program for the Border Environmental Cooperation Commission and the North American Development Bank Under the North American Free Trade Agreement" (August 1994)
"Implementing the Environmental Finance Aspects of the North American Free Trade Agreement" (April 1994)
"Financing the Remediation of Hazardous Waste Sites Under the North American Free Trade Agreement" (April 1994)
"Financing Environmental Infrastructure along the United States- Mexican Border and in Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Republics" (July 1993)
Other Reports:
Protecting America's Land Legacy: Stewardship Policies, Tools, and Incentives to Protect and Restore America's Land Legacy (PDF)(29 pp, 154K) (February 2003)
Letter to ORD on Small Business Innovative Research topics (September 2001)
Improving Small Business Access to Capital for Environmental Projects , a Letter to the Administrator (July 1997)
Common Sense Initiative Access to Capital "Charrette" , an Environmental Financial Advisory Board / Environmental Finance Center collaborative effort (January 1997)
Urban Environmental Policy: Steps Toward Environmental Equity, Reduced Environmental and Health Risks, and Urban Revitalization (March 1993)
"The Clean Air Act of 1990: A Guide to Public Financing Options." (This report was prepared in collaboration with the Clean Air Act Advisory Committee) (Fall 1992)
"Narrowing the Gap: Environmental Finance for the 1990s" (Progress Report of the EFAB) (May 1992)
Public Sector Options to Finance Environmental Facilities (March 1992)
"Private Sector Participation in the Provision of Environmental Services: Barriers and Incentives" (November 1991)
"Incentives for Environmental Investment: Changing Behavior and Building Capital" (August 1991)
"Small Community Financing Strategies for Environmental Facilities" (August 1991)