What is TAB?

What is TAB?

Technical Assistance to Brownfield (TAB) Communities is a program, funded by a grant from the USEPA, which is intended to serve as an independent resource to communities and nonprofits attempting to cleanup and reclaim brownfields. 
Our Services

Who Provides TAB Services?

The New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT), New Jersey's science and technology university, has been providing brownfield services to US communities for more than two decades.  NJIT’s multi-disciplinary TAB Team consists of planners, engineers, environmental scientists, and social scientists who have helped hundreds of communities throughout the country with their brownfield projects.


Who Can Receive TAB Assistance?

Free NJIT TAB services are provided to state, regional, county, tribal and local government entities, and nonprofits in EPA Region 2 who are interested in learning about, identifying, assessing, cleaning up and/or redeveloping brownfields.  


What Services Can TAB Provide?

NJIT provides free technical assistance to state, regional, county, tribal, and local government entities and nonprofit organizations interested in learning about, identifying, assessing, cleaning up, and redeveloping brownfield sites in EPA Region 2.

Types of Assistance provided by NJIT TAB include (but are not limited to):

  • Guidance on funding opportunities
  • Explaining laws and regulations
  • Navigating regulatory programs
  • Consultant Procurement (review of draft RFPs, creation of evaluation criteria, consultant selection)
  • Review and critique of grant applications
  • Interpretation of technical and scientific reports and data (such as site characterization results)
  • Development of Strategic Plans
  • Development of community specific site evaluation and prioritization processes
  • Community Assets and Needs Workshops
  • Development of Site Redevelopment Visions
  • Explaining clean-up technologies
  • Design and conduct of community engagement activities
  • Educational workshops such as Brownfields 101
  • Seminars, Webinars, and Boot Camps on specific brownfield related topics
  • Community planning and visioning workshops
  • All-EPA Brownfield grantee meetings
  • And much more!

We tailor our assistance to your needs. 


How does NJIT provide TAB services?

Our Resource Center (this website), which contains “How To Videos” sections, answers to questions, success stories, sample successful EPA brownfield grant applications, sample RFPs, links to important resources and much more

Brownfields Educational Forums including workshops, seminars, boot camps, and webinars on pertinent brownfields topics as well as specific issues

​Direct Technical Assistance through meetings, phone/email conversations

Watch the video and learn more!