The purpose of this section is to provide access to relevant background materials specifically focused on Portfields. Resources include publications, factsheets, and pertinent Web sites related to this effort and are in mainly in portable document format (pdf). Click link to download the most current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader. (If you receive an error message when trying to print or download, you might need to upgrade to the most recent version of Acrobat Reader).

Background Information
Federal Role
Southern Louisiana Regional Initiative
Pilot Port: New Bedford
Pilot Port: Tampa
Pilot Port: Bellingham


Portfields Background Information:

• Portfields: Charting a Course for Port Revitalization. Year Two Report.
  This report summarizes progress made during the second year in the Portfields pilots of New Bedford, Tampa and Bellingham. It highlights the Portfields partnership, describes accomplishments, and documents best management practices and innovative strategies that may be transferred to other ports. November 2005 (pdf, 1.3MB, 24 pages).
  
  
• Portfields: Revitalizing Port Communities Presentation.
  Presentation by Kenneth Walker, NOAA at the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality Brownfields Workshop. New Orleans, LA. June 2005 (pdf, 809KB, 25 pages).
  
  
• Portfields Program Brochure (low resolution version)
  January 2005 (pdf, 437KB, 2 pages)
  
  
• Portfields Program Brochure (high resolution version -- print quality, larger file size)
  January 2005 (pdf, 1.4MB, 2 pages)
  
  
• Portfields: A Coordinated Approach to Revitalizing Ports
  This document summarizes progress made during the first year in the Portfield pilots of New Bedford, MA; Tampa, FL; and Bellingham, WA. August 2004 (pdf, 1.9 MB, 16 pages)
  
  
• Portfields Interagency Initiative: Phase I Report.
  Prior to designating Portfields pilots, NOAA, EPA and ICMA interviewed port authorities to document successful approaches to brownfields clean up and reuse. This document highlights brownfield redevelopment strategies used by ports and includes cases studies from Baltimore, MD; Houston, TX; Long Beach, CA; Los Angeles, CA; Oakland, CA; New Bedford, MA; Tampa, FL; and Toledo, OH. Fall 2003 (pdf, 328KB, 58 pages).
  
  

Information on the Federal Role in Ports and Portfields:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Role in Waterfront Revitalization. Portfields presents an opportunity to leverage U.S. Army Corps of Engineers programs and authorities to revitalize waterfront areas. June 2004 (pdf, 2.5MB, 8 pages).


• The Marine Transportation System and the Federal Role: Measuring Performance,Targeting Improvement. January 2004 (pdf, 1MB, 156 pages).
  Or view online from The National Academies Transportation Research Board Web Site:
  http://trb.org/publications/sr/sr279.pdf
  Report focuses on ways in which the federal government and the marine transportation community as a whole can better identify and prioritize needs and make decisions on the basis of sound information and analysis. Insightful supplementary reports filed by William O. Gray and James R. McCarville are included as appendices.
  
  
• Policing America's Ports (January 2004, pdf, 196KB, 3 pages)
  Or view online from the Smithsonian Institute Magazine's Web Site:
  http://www.smithsonianmag.com/smithsonian/issues04/jan04/port_security.html
  Article discusses vulnerabilities to U.S. ports as noticed after September 11. The 19,000 cargo containers flowing into the United States each day pose a needle-in-the-haystack challenge to security officials worried about hidden terrorist weapons.
  
  

Southern Louisiana Regional Portfields Initiative:

• Southern Louisiana Regional Portfields Initiative Factsheet, July 2006 (pdf, 2 pages, 172 KB) This document provides background information on the Southern Louisiana Regional Portfields Initiative, description of the May 2006 Kick-Off meeting and a listing of all partners.
  
  
• Financial and Technical Assistance Opportunities Guide (pdf, 66 pages, 426 KB) This document is intended to provide comprehensive information on available resources for projects that fall within the Portfields model.
  
  
• Meeting Minutes from Southern Louisians Regional Portfields Initiative Meeting in New Orleans, LA, May 23-24, 2006 (pdf, 37 pages, 215 KB)
  
  

Pilot Port Specific Resources:

New Bedford:

• New Bedford Project Factsheet. March 2004 (pdf, 368 KB, 2 pages)
  
  
• New Bedford-Fairhaven Harbor Plan (pdf, 7.7 MB, 178 pages)
  or View on-line from the City of New Bedford Web Site:
  http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/ECONOMIC/HDC/HarborPlan/
  NewBedfordFairhavenHarborPlan.PDF
  
  
• New Bedford/Fairhaven Harbor Dredged Material Management Plan (DMMP) Environmental Impact Report (pdf, 7 MB, 452 pages)
  or View on-line from Massachusetts Office of Coastal Zone Management Web Site: http://www.state.ma.us/czm/NB_DMMP_DEIR.htm
  
  
• New Bedford Harbor Superfund Cleanup Record of Decision (pdf, 1.9 MB, 18 pages)
  
  
• City of New Bedford Web Site - Harbor Development
  http://www.ci.new-bedford.ma.us/portofnewbedford.htm

Tampa:

2005 Tampa Port Authority Project Descriptions. September 2005. (pdf, 170KB, 21 pages)


Tampa Portfields Pilot: Grants and Funding Matrix. Updated October 2005. (pdf, 40KB, 7 pages).


Tampa Portfields Pilot: Annual Commitments to Action Meeting Summary. Minutes from the interagency meeting. May 2005. (pdf, 60KB, 14 pages).


Tampa Portfields Pilot: Annual Commitments to Action Summary Table of Project Recommendations and Committments. Table summarizing agency commitments. May 2005. (pdf, 22KB, 5 pages).


• Port of Tampa Project Update Presentation to Portfields Partners. Presented by Bob Musser, Tampa Port Authority at the Annual Commitment to Action Interagency Meeting, Tampa, FL. May 2005 (pdf, 1539 KB, 39 pages)
  
  
• Tampa Project Factsheet. July 2004 (pdf, 1.3 MB, 2 pages)
  
  
• Tampa Port Authority Web Site: http://www.tampaport.com
  
  
• The Gulf of Mexico Integrated Science Web Site: Tampa Bay Study
  http://gulfsci.usgs.gov/tampabay/index.html
  
  
• The Tampa Bay Imagery System Web Site: http://ocean.floridamarine.org/tbep

Bellingham:

• Bellingham Project Factsheet. June 2004 (pdf, 956 KB, 2 pages)
  
  
• Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot I (pdf, 176K, 2 pages)
  
  
• Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot II (pdf, 220K, 2 pages)
  
  
• Pilot Pulse: An update on Bellingham Bay Demonstration Pilot Work Group Activities (pdf, 36K, 3 pages)
  
  
• Near-Term Remedial Action Table (pdf, 56K, 1 page)
  
  
• Port of Belligham Bay Web Site
  http://www.portofbellingham.com/

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