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Introduction <br />To identify criteria that affect the potential for solar development on closed landfills, as well as barriers <br />and opportunities, Barr staff conducted a literature review (Section 132) and gathered stakeholder input in <br />a variety of settings (Section 133). <br />B2. Literature Review <br />B2.1 Approach <br />Barr reviewed publicly available information retrieved from online resources. The goal of this task was to <br />become familiar with case studies and key issues related to solar development on brownfield sites and <br />benefit from previous studies/efforts that were publicly available. <br />B2.2 Results <br />The online materials from the EPA's Re -Powering America's Land website (https://www.epa.gov/re- <br />powering) and the Massachusetts Siting Clean Energy at Closed Landfills website <br />(https://www.mass.gov/siting-clean-energy-at-closed-landfills) are the best available sources of <br />information for this project that we identified. We include highlights from these materials below. We also <br />spoke to Laura Strine, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), regarding the EPA website <br />and resources. In addition, we reviewed and consulted state specific materials including presentations <br />from the Closed Landfill Program (CLP) program and information from the Minnesota (MN) Office of <br />Management and Budget regarding bonding of CLP sites. <br />132.2.1 EPA's Repowering America's Land Website <br />EPA's Repowering America's Land website provided the following key information applicable to the MN <br />Environmental Quality Board (EQB) CLP Solar project. <br />• Project Benefits <br />o Improve the local tax base, create jobs, and turn blight into an economic opportunity. <br />(RE -powering America's Land Initiative: Benefits Matrix <br />https://www.epa.gov/sites/prod uction/fi Ies/2019- <br />12/documents/benefits matrix 508 121119.pdf) <br />• Mapping and Screening Tools <br />o Mapping tool with locations by state of a range of brownfield sites. Can search for MN <br />only sites https://www.epa.o ov/re-powering/re- powering -mapper <br />• Solar Decision Trees <br />o The RE -Powering Electronic Decision Tree tool guides interested parties through a <br />process to screen sites for their suitability for solar photovoltaics or wind installations. <br />EPA encourages renewable energy on already developed or degraded land instead of <br />green space https://www.epa.gov/re-powering/re-powerings-electronic-decision- <br />Bl <br />