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                           Supplemental Assistance
                           City of Gardena,  CA
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Gardena supplemental
assistance  for  its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. Gardena (population 5 6,000) has
one of the lowest assessed values per capita in the
southwest area of Los Angeles County. With minimal
land available for economic development, the city
needs to redevelop brownfields to further economic
growth. Many of the 47 brownfields already identified
are clustered along major transportation routes in
economically distressed areas of the city.  Three-
quartersof the populationinthese areas arelow-income,
minority residents.

The original Pilot completed six Phase I environmental
assessments at brownfields in the northern section of
the city. These sites included abandoned retail sites, a
waste disposal sump site, and sites with knownindustrial
contaminants.  Two Phase II  assessments and
development of a  cleanup  design at another  site are
underway. The city's objectives for supplemental
assistance  are to continue the redevelopment
momentum begun during the original Pilot, help relieve
environmental justice concerns, provide new jobs to
the local community, and increase the city' s tax base.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

The supplemental funds will provide more detailed
environmental  assessments and prepare cleanup
designs for  the Discount  Price Land and Gardena
SUMP sites, which  were the subject of Phase I
assessments under the original Pilot. Supplemental
funds  also  will  be used to complete Phase I
environmental assessments  at  seven  additional
brownfields sites. Gardena will continue to coordinate
redevelopmentplanningatotherPilotsitesthatreceived
Phase  I assessments under the original grant.
   PILOT SNAPSHOT
    City of Gardena,
    California
Date of Announcement:
May 2002


Amount: $150,000

Profile: The Pilot will conduct
additional assessment and
cleanup planning at brownfields
clustered   along   major
transportation routes in
economically distressed areas
of the city.
   Contacts:

   City of Gardena
   (310)217-9533
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 9
(415)972-3143
        Visit the E PA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
     http://www.epa.gov/regon09/waste/brown/index.html

      Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
             www.epa.gov/brownfields

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Developing a cleanup plan for the Discount Price
  Land site and conducting additional sampling and
  cleanup planning at the Gardena SUMP site;

• Performing Phase I environmental assessments on
  up to seven potentially contaminated sites to

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  determine the need for additional assessments or to
  clear the sites for development; and

• Encouraging input andparticipation from the community
  and the private sector.

Thecooperativeagreementforthis Pilot hasnotyetbeen negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                                 Solid Waste            EPA 500-F-02-111
                                                                 and Emergency         May 2002
                                                                 Response (5105)       www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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