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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

      York County,  PA




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

York County was  selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. About 30,000 of York County's
386,229 residents  live in the Codorous Creek Redevel-
opment Corridor target area. The area has a 49
percent minority population. Its 29 percent poverty rate
is more than four times the poverty rate for York
County as a whole. The Redevelopment Authority of
the County of York is undertaking a comprehensive
study of the corridor. It plans to use the assessment
grant funds to complete the environmental portion of
the study, which will require examining specific proper-
ties. The properties chosen will complement proposed
and potential redevelopment efforts, which include
expanding greenspace and parks.
                       Assessment Grant
                       $200,000 for hazardous substances
                       $150,000 for petroleum

                       EPA has selected York County for a brownfields
                       assessment grant. Hazardous substances and
                       petroleum grant funds will both be used to conduct
                       site inventory and outreach efforts, develop a
                       strategic plan for addressing brownfields sites
                       within the Codorous Creek Redevelopment
                       Corridor, and perform approximately 20 Phase I
                       site assessments (which include both hazardous
                       substances and petroleum sites). Based on the
                       results of the Phase I assessments, funds also will
                       be used to conduct approximately five Phase II
                       assessments.
                       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 3 Brownfields Team
                       215-814-3129
                       http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm

                       Grant Recipient: York County, PA
                       717-846-8310

                       The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                       yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                       in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                                            EPA 560-F-04-227
                                            June 2004
                                            www.epa.gov/brownfields

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