United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA500-F-99-011
March 1999
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
PA Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot
Hillsborough County, FL
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 200 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
EPA has selected the County of Hillsborough for a
Brownfields Pilot. The county is just east of the City
of Tampa. The Pilot targets the Orient/Eastlake
Community, an approximately 16-square-mile area
located in the eastern portion of Hillsborough County,
adjacent to Tampa. This historical manufacturing
area is characterized by a mix of commercial and
industrial uses, as well as residential housing.
During the 1970s and 1980s, rapid suburban growth
bypassed the vacant land in the target area for
greenfields surrounding the Orient/Eastlake
Community. Many older manufacturing buildings in
the target area have been razed to avoid taxes, and
several facilities have been cited for environmental
violations by the state. The OrientParkneighborhood,
located in the target area, is a U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development Community
Development Block Grant target neighborhood.
OBJECTIVES
The Pilot's objective is to conduct environmental
assessments, plan environmental cleanup strategies,
and include environmental justice goals in the
community involvementportion of the redevelopment
process. As a leveraged objective, the Pilot plans to
have brownfields properties certified under the Florida
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Hillsborough County, Florida
Date of Announcement:
March 1999
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the
Orient/Eastlake area of
Hillsborough County, located
east of the City of Tampa.
Contacts:
Planning and Growth
Management Department
Hillsborough County
(813)276-8465
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 4
(404) 562-8661
Visit the EPA Region 4 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region4/wastepgs/brownfpgs/bf.htm
For further information, 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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Brownfields Redevelopment Act to take advantage
of further cleanup and redevelopment incentives
offered by the state.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Forming a Brownfields Council, comprised of all
stakeholders in the target area, to allow citizen and
property owner involvement in planning site
assessments and cleanup plans;
• Creating an inventory of brownfields properties in
the target area that provides detailed ownership and
contamination information; and
• Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessments on properties screened and ranked by
the Brownfields Council based on information in
the Pilot's brownfields inventory.
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 Hillsborough County, Florida
March 1999 EPA 500-F-99-017
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