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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant Fact Sheet

            Toledo,  OH

EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders in economic development 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, the President 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. Additionally,
funding support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Toledo/Toledo-Lucas County Port Authority
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant
and a revolving loan fund grant. The Toledo metropolitan
area has apopulation of 618,203, of whom 313,619 live
within the City of Toledo. Approximately 29 percent of the
105,565 persons residing in the target center-city area live
in poverty. The target area had an unemployment rate of
nearly 12.5 percent in September 2003, significantly
higher than the 8.4 percent unemployment rate for the
whole city. Nearly 29 percent of Toledo's residents are
minorities, of whom most are African-American or
Hispanic. The City of Toledo has teamed with the Toledo
Area Chamber of Commerce, University of Toledo,
Toledo Public Schools, and others to develop the "New
Schools-New Neighborhoods Initiative" that encompasses
development efforts to reinvigorate neighborhoods.
Construction of new schools is expected to revitalize the
long-neglected center-city neighborhoods and address
environmental justice issues.
                       Assessment Grant
                       $200,000 for hazardous substances
                       $200,000 for petroleum

                       EPA has selected the City of Toledo/Toledo-Lucas
                       County Port Authority to receive a brownfields
                       assessment grant. Hazardous substances grant
                       funds will be used to conduct Phase I and II
                       assessments at a former foundry and a former
                       hospital in the central city. Petroleum grant funds
                       will be used to conduct Phase I and II assess-
                       ments at a 9.3-acre former industrial/commercial
                       site. Both hazardous substances and petroleum
                       grant funds will also be used for cleanup planning.
                       Revolving Loan Fund
                       Grant
                       $1,500,000 for hazardous substances
                       $500,000 for petroleum

                       EPA has selected the City of Toledo/Toledo-Lucas
                       County Port Authority to receive a brownfields
                       revolving loan fund grant. Hazardous substances and
                       petroleum revolving loan grant funds will both be
                       used to capitalize revolving loan funds from which
                       the city will provide loans and subgrants to support
                       cleanup activities in the central city. Redevelopment
                       will be coupled with new school construction.
                       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/R5Brownfields/

                       Grant Recipient: Toledo, OH
                       419-936-3757

                       The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                       yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
                       described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                   Solid Waste and
                                                   Emergency Response
                                                   (5105T)
                                              EPA560-F-04-211
                                              June 2004
                                              www.epa.gov/brownfields

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