Daytona Beach brownfields program presenter outlines five-site cleanup, redevelopment timelines

Michael Schnappsteiner, an environmental attorney representing redevelopers, and Jessica Gao, counsel supporting current cleanup projects, briefed the City of Daytona Beach Economic Development Advisory Board on five brownfield sites and how state brownfields incentives are being used to accelerate cleanup and redevelopment.

The presentation outlined that two beachside and three inland sites are in active brownfield review or remediation. Speakers said work focuses on getting sites to regulatory closure under Florida Department of Environmental Protection (FDEP) review, using voluntary cleanup tax credits and other program incentives to reduce developer costs and speed projects to construction.

The advisory board members were given project-level updates. At 645 North Atlantic Avenue (a gas station across from the Marriott Renaissance), the project team completed an active in-situ remediation injection program and said it is now in the post-injection sampling phase; the team hopes to submit a closure plan to FDEP this year. At 833 West International Speedway…