United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-106
May 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
\>EPA Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Mansfield, OH
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields 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
sustainably 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 is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs 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.
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the City of Mansfield (population
50,000) for a Brownfields Pilot. Located in the
Appalachian Hills of north-central Ohio, Mansfield is
a regional transportation hub with two U.S. highways,
one state highway, two maj or railroads, and a regional
airport. During the nineteenth century, the railroad
facilitated a large industrial expansion in the area.
However, in the late 1970sand early 1980s, economic
growth dwindled and manufacturing declined
dramatically, resulting in the loss of more than 1,000
j obs. The current unemployment rate is 9 percent and
the poverty rate is 17.8 percent.
Since the late 1980s, the city has been working to
revitalize the area. The city's "PR Project— Path to
Revitalization," a linear redevelopment zone, has
been targeted for potential redevelopmentthat includes
a mix of light and heavy manufacturing brownfields
properties. The city hopes that redeveloping these
brownfields sites will have a positive impact on the
vitality of the surrounding communities and restore
the city's tax base.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Mansfield, OH
Date of Announcement:
May 2000
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Mansfield Pilot
willassess.categorize.andrank
approximately 60 additional
brownfieldssitesandwilldevelop
cleanup and redevelopment
plans for three targeted
brownfields in the city's "PR
Project" redevelopmentzone.
Contacts:
City of Mansfield, Ohio Regional Brownfields Team
(419)755-9794 U.S. EPA - Region 5
(312)353-3161
Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/
Forfurther information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields newsand events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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OBJECTIVES
Mansfield's primary objectives are to assess,
categorize, and rank approximately 60 brownfields to
determine the extent of the contamination and
redevelopment options and to conduct assessments at
three targeted brownfields sites located within the
"PR Project." The three targeted sites are a former
chrome plating facility, a spent foundry sand landfill,
and an iron casting foundry.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Assessing, categorizing, and ranking approximately
60 brownfields to determine possible contaminants
and redevelopment potential;
• Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessments at the three targeted brownfields sites;
• Developing cleanup and redevelopment plans for
the targeted brownfields sites; and
• Conducting outreach activities in the communities
surrounding the targeted sites to encourage public
involvement.
The cooperative agreementforthis Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subjectto change.
Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot Mansfield, OH
May2000 EPA 500-F-00-106
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