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  Brownfields 2006

  Grant  Fact Sheet

        Cleveland,  OH


EPA  Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. Abrownfield site is real property, the
expansion, redevelopment, or reuse of which may be
complicated by the presence or potential presence of a
hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Cleveland was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Located in northern Ohio,
Cleveland (population 478,403) is a federally desig-
nated Empowerment Zone. The city's heavy manufac-
turing economic base has decreased significantly,
leaving thousands of vacant properties and approxi-
mately 350 brownfields in the urban core. In 2004,
Cleveland was ranked the "most impoverished city" in
the country, with one-third of residents living in
poverty and a 7.9 percent unemployment rate. African-
Americans make up  93 percent of the residents in the
Empowerment Zone. The two sites targeted for
cleanup are located in the Slavic Village neighbor-
hood, a low-income, urban working-class community.
When the sites are cleaned up, they will provide
potential for new recreational opportunities and
 Cleanup Grants
 $400,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the City of Cleveland for two
 brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous sub-
 stances grant funds will be used to conduct
 community involvement activities and clean up
 the Land Bank Lot #92 at 3542 East 71st Street,
 which is contaminated with semivolatile organic
 compounds and PCBs. The site was a portion of
 the former Superior Foundry as early as 1903.
 Grant funds also will be used to conduct commu-
 nity involvement activities and clean up the
 Lower Woolen Mills site in the Slavic Village
 neighborhood. The site was formerly used as a
 steam generation plant for a woolen mill and as
 an automotive junkyard.
 Contacts
 For further information, including specific grant
 contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
 news and events, and publications and links, visit
 the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
 brownfields.

 EPA Region 5 Brownfields Team
 312-886-7576
 http: //www. epa.gov/R5 Brownfields/

 Grant Recipient: City of Cleveland, OH
 216-664-4000

 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
community space. Brownfields cleanup will protect
public health, increase property values, and remove
blight in the neighborhood.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-06-219
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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