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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

           Trenton,  NJ




EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, 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 pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Trenton was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The city, which has 85,403
residents, has identified at least 200 brownfields. The
area around the site has a population of 1,343. Of these
residents, 30 percent live below the poverty level, and
the area has a 9.2 percent unemployment rate. The
neighborhood is distressed and contains many vacant
and dilapidated homes. In this neighborhood, the city
plans to build approximately 30 new homes, a park, and
open space adjacent to a state park and the D&R
Canal. The planned redevelopment would improve the
neighborhood, make viable the additional renovations
planned for the community surrounding the site, and
significantly alleviate the housing shortage in the area
by providing quality affordable housing.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances

EPA has selected the City of Trenton for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up hazardous substances contamina-
tion at a 3.6-acre vacant site on Oxford Street that
has been used as a pottery factory, building
products warehouse, wire products fabrication
facility, small foundry, automotive storage yard,
and an automobile body shop. Environmental
concerns include above-ground fuel tanks, under-
ground fuel storage tanks, and abandoned drums.
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 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
brownfields/

Grant Recipient: Trenton, NJ
609-989-3501

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-04-212
                      June 2004
                      www.epa.gov/brownfields

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