&EPA
                   United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
                   Washington, D.C.  20460
                           Solid Waste
                           and Emergency
                           Response (5101)
      EPA 500-F-98-160
      May 1998
                                 Assessment
Demonstration  Pilot
                                             Co/ton,  CA
  Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
                                            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. Since 1995, EPA has funded more than 150 Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilots,  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.
BACKGROUND

EPAhasselectedtheCityofColtonforaBrownfields
Pilot.  The city, a suburb of San Bernardino, is at the
junction of two major railroads, the Southern Pacific
and the Santa Fe. Colton's population of 46,100 is
more than 70% minority. In the pasttwenty years, the
city has  experienced economic decline in the
commercial, industrial, and residential sectors of the
community. The city has suffered, along with the rest
of the region, from the closing of Norton Air Force
Base and other  government downsizing projects.
Colton is vulnerable to further decline as development
projects seek out preferred greenfield sites. The city
has developed a Revitalization Plan that identifies a
number of  public improvements and  private
developments that the city deems critical to its success.
Restoring brownfields sites is a key element of this
plan.

The Pilot targets the City Center-Rancho Mill  Street
project area.  The target area lies in the northwest
section of Colton, and covers approximately 2 square
miles. This area is characterized by many vacant and
dilapidated industrial structures.  Part of the Pilot
project area is located in the Agua Mansa Enterprise
Zone  and Recycling Market Development  Zone.
Little  redevelopment in the project area has  taken
place  due to the fear  of  liability associated with
environmental contamination.
                             PILOT SNAPSHOT
                                Colton, California
  Date of Announcement:
  May 1998

  Amount:  $200,000

  Profile: The Pilot targets
  Colton's City Center-
  Rancho Mill Street project
  area. The project area
  encompasses 1,280acres
  and includes residential,
  commercial, and industrial
  uses.
                           Contacts:

                           City of Colton
                           (939)370-5167
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 9
(415)744-2237
                                Visit the EPA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
                               http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/

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

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OBJECTIVES

The objectives of Colton's brownfields program are
to restore brownfields to economic productivity, form
partnerships between public and private entities to
address abandoned industrial and commercial
properties, and give hope to financially distressed
communities. The Pilot has identified 15-25 potential
brownfields properties in the targeted project area,
and will assess environmental contamination at selected
sites and plan for cleanup and restoration of a portion
of the Agua Mansa Enterprise Zone.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
  assessments, including data collection, site sampling,
  and hydrogeologic testing;

• Determining the scope and cost of cleanup at selected
  sites;

• Developing cleanup plans and arevitalization strategy;

• Investigating sources of cleanup financing; and

• Implementing a public outreach  and  community
  involvementplan.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
  Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot                                               Cotton, California
  May 1998                                                                        EPA 500-F-98-160

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