EPA's Brown fields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower States, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and Bustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA plans to fund over fifty Brownfields Pilots in 1995 and 1996, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of brownfields solutions. The Pilots are intended to provide EPA, States, Tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment. United States Office of Publication: EPA S00-F-96-022 Environmental Protection Solid Waste and Agency Emergency Response June 1996 &ERA Brownfields Regional Pilot - San Francisco, CA Office of Outreach and Special Projects (5101) Quick Reference Fact 8heet OVERVIEW EPA Region 9 has selected the City of San Francisco for a Regional Brownfields Pilot. Together, the City and County of San Francisco (population 710,000) are targeting the South Bayahore area (population 28,000) for revitalization. Demographics of the area include a 13 percent unemployment rate and a population of 62 percent African-American, 21 percent Asian/Pacific Islander, and 9 percent Hispanic. Hie South Bayshore area is the gateway for port activity and has suffered a disproportionate share of the contamination burden in the city. Known or suspected brownfielda in the area include 13 hazardous waste Bites and 58 leaking underground storage tanks. Hie U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has designated the area an Enterprise Community. The U.S. Navy's nearby Hunters Point Shipyard (a Superfund site) closed in 1974, devastating the area's economy. Public health, land use, housing, jobs, and property values are documented as significantly worse than city averages. OBJECTIVES San Francisco's overall goal is to build a model for the redevelopment of the South Bayshore community based upon the lessons learned from the closing of the adjacent Hunters Point Naval Shipyard and other closing Bay Area military bases. The City will estab- lish a Brownfields Project Advisory Board with cleanup and future use committees to ensure public participation in project decision making based upon the Restoration Advisory Boards and Local Reuse Authorization found at base closure sites. ACTIVITIES Activities planned as part of this pilot include: Obtaining and evaluating background information of the area to identify poten- tial chemical sources and exposure path- ways; Developing an area map illustrating areas of potential environmental concerns based on identified potential receptors; Reviewing proposed land uses and devel- oping an initial site conceptual model; Conducting risk assessments and fate and transport modeling to define acceptable residual levels of contamination based an proposed zoning and land use; Developing a Risk Management Plan for the area; and ------- ¦ Based on the Base Closure model of linking community members with regulatory agen- cies, conducting meetings to address envi- ronmental concerns related to land use, zon- ing, economic development, and environ- mental justice. The cooperative agreement for this pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change. CONTACTS Bobbie Kahan U.S. EPA - Region 9 (415) 744-2191 Michele Davis San Francisco Redevelopment Agency (415) 749-2581 ¦SERA United States Environmental Protection Agency (5202 G) Washington, DC 20460 Official Business Penalty for Private Use $300 ------- |