The United States Environmental Protection Agency Presents:
Brownfields:  New Market Opportunities for Lenders
Investing for the Future of Your Community

IMPORTANT:  The workshop is free, but due to federal security procedures, registration is required for attendance.  You will not be allowed to enter the facility without prior registration.

To register, simply send an email to and include your name, title, and affiliation.

For more information, visit: http://www.icfi.com/brownfieldlenderworkshop

Through presentations by lenders who have done it, the workshop will encourage bankers to participate in brownfield projects by showing them how lending can be profitably done in a way that fosters community economic development while minimizing liability risk.  The workshop, which targets small and mid-sized lenders, will explain why brownfield lending makes sense and how lenders can take advantage of the opportunities that brownfield revitalization offers.  The workshop will also present several public-private Louisiana brownfields financing success stories. 

Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta--New Orleans Branch
525 St. Charles Ave.
New Orleans, Louisiana
May 30, 2007

9:00AM - 10:00AM: Registration/continental breakfast
Hosted by the Federal Reserve bank of Atlanta-- New Orleans Branch

10:00AM - 10:30AM: Introduction to EPA Brownfields Program
Karen Peycke, EPA Region 6 and Sven-Erik Kaiser, EPA Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment

10:30AM - 11:00AM: Overview of CERCLA Liability and Lender Liability
Jim Bove, EPA Region 6

11:00AM - 11:30AM: Overview of the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule
Patricia Overmeyer, EPA Office of Brownfields Cleanup and Redevelopment

11:30AM - 12:00PM: Overview of State VCP Program and Liability Scheme
Roger Gingles, State of Louisiana

12:00PM - 1:15PM: Complimentary Lunch hosted by Crescent Title
Brief remarks by Tyson Hackenberg on behalf of The Shaw Group 

1:15PM - 2:30PM: Lenders Role in Community Revitalization
Randy Muller Bank of America-Atlanta
Nathan Champagne, City of New Orleans Brownfields Coordinator
Donna Addkison, Chief of Mayor's Office of Planning and Development, City of New Orleans
Ray Mack, Louisiana Economic Development Office

2:30PM - 3:00PM: Other Federal Agency Guidance and Input
Gordon Stoner, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Eric Benderson, Small Business Administration

3:00PM - 3:15PM: Break sponsored by The Shaw Group 

3:00PM - 3:45PM: Financing Success Stories
Harold Ledford, Shreveport Coordinating and Development Corporation
Tracey Dodd, US Risk Management
Gregory Rattler, Sr., Vice President, Chase Bank

3:45PM - 4:00PM: Wrap up