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                           Brownfields
                           Assessment
                           Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority, OH
BACKGROUND

EPAhas selected the Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
for a Brownfields Assessment Pilot. The port authority
has targeted brownfields sites in the City of East Toledo's
waterfront MarinaDistrict. East Toledo (population 35,000)
is an economically disadvantaged, predominantly African-
American community situated on the eastern bank of the
Maumee River in northwestern Ohio. Once an industrial,
commercial, and transportation hub for the Great Lakes
region, Toledo has experienced a substantial decline in its
middle-class population over the last several decades due
to a decline in industry. Consequently, the city and its
environs, including East Toledo, have witnessed adramatic
increase in  poverty, property deterioration,  and
abandonment. The port authority will focus on four specific
abandoned or underused properties with land use histories
that include rail lines, a steel mill,  an oil  refinery,  a
construction and demolition debris/stockpiling facility, a
marina, and a coke oven gas line.

East  Toledo's industrial and  commercial decline has
severely impacted the local community. Approximately 25
percent of East Toledo' s population live in poverty, and 72
percent are minorities. Median income in most of East
Toledo's census tracts is  less than  80 percent of the
median income of the City of Toledo as a whole.  East
Toledo is  a  state-designated Enterprise Zone and  a
Community Reinvestment Area.

OBJECTIVES

The port authority's long-term objective is to clean up the
waterfront of East Toledo and redevelop the land into an
entertainment, residential, and commercial complex. As
part of this obj ective, the Pilot will remove the uncertainty
associated with the extent of contamination at four key
sites so that cleanup may proceed within the framework
of the state' s voluntary action program. The port authority
   PI LOT SNAPSHOT
   Toledo-Lucas County
   Port Authority,
   Ohio
Date of Announcement:
May 2002


Amount: $200,000

Profile: The Pilot targets four
abandoned or underused
properties along East Toledo's
waterfrontforredevelopmentinto
an entertainment, residential, and
commercial complex.
   Contacts:
   Toledo-Lucas County Port
   Authority
   (419)243-8251
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 5
(312)353-0123
        Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
          http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

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

will also establish effective community involvement
activities throughout the process, making a particular
effort to involve low-income, minority populations that
might otherwise not become involved.

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ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of the Pilot include:

• Conducting soil and groundwater sampling as part of a
  Phase II  environmental site assessment at the four
  targeted sites;

• Conducting confirmatory soil sampling to identify any
  areas that exceed the cumulative risk cleanup standard
  established during the Phase  II environmental site
  assessment;

• Completing the reporting  requirements of the Ohio
  voluntary action program;

• Conducting groundwater monitoring; and

• Conducting community forum meetings to address
  environmental concerns and environmentaljustice issues.

The cooperative agreement forthis Pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                            Solid Waste           EPA 500-F-02-068
                                                            and Emergency        May 2002
                                                            Response (5105)       www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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