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 Brownfields  2005
  Grant Fact  Sheet
         Elizabeth, 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, President George
W. Bush 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Elizabeth was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Elizabeth has a popula-
tion of approximately 123,000. The target area is the
Elizabethport neighborhood of Elizabeth, which is a
federal Enterprise Community. Elizabethport has a
large Hispanic and African-American population, and
its per capita income is lower than the city as a whole.
The neighborhood is surrounded by industrial facilities
and has 22 sites that have been identified as contami-
nated by the New Jersey Department of the Environ-
ment. This assessment is part of a larger redevelop-
ment effort in the neighborhood that is well underway
and will bring commercial shops, such as a supermar-
ket, pharmacy and other retail establishments, as well
  Assessment Grant
  $200,000 for hazardous substances
  EPA has selected the City of Elizabeth for a
  brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
  stances grant funds will be used to perform a
  Phase II site assessment on the Livingston Street
  site where a former 7,500-square-foot anodizing
  plant stands. The site is thought to be contami-
  nated with chromium and other heavy metals.
  Funds also will be used to conduct community
  outreach and develop a cleanup plan.
  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: City of Elizabeth, NJ
  908-820-4160

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
as market-rate housing units, to the area. These
activities are also expected to contribute to the revital-
ization of the Elizabethport marina and recreational
area.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-05-032
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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