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  Brownfields  2005
  Grant  Fact  Sheet
           Findlay, OH
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 Findlay was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Within the city (popula-
tion 38,967), the target area is the River District.
Substantial amounts of industrial space that compose
many of the city's brownfields have been left behind by
industry for the city to address.  The majority of these
idle industrial facilities and the city's largest
brownfields are located within the more impoverished
areas of the city. The Findlay River Corridor contains
the largest brownfields in the city, as well as a dispro-
portionate number of low- or moderate-income resi-
dents. The location of brownfields in the corridor, in
particular, poses an imminent threat to the Blanchard
River. The city hopes to revitalize the river corridor by
  Assessment Grants
   $200,000 for hazardous substances
   $200,000 for petroleum
   EPA has selected the City of Findlay for two
   brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
   substances funds will be used to conduct ten
   Phase I and two to three Phase II site assess-
   ments in the Findlay River District. Grant funds
   also will be used to create a brownfields inven-
   tory, plan cleanup actions, and support community
   outreach activities. Petroleum funds will be used
   to perform the same tasks at petroleum-contami-
   nated sites.
   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: City of Findlay, OH
  419-424-7481
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
using redevelopment opportunities to introduce mixed
land use developments that satisfy the needs of the
neighborhood. The area has been mentioned as a
potential site for a new Findlay-Hancock Public
Library, and properties developed by the University of
Findlay, including the training facility for the Center for
Environmental Excellence. Brownfields redevelopment
will increase tax revenue, create more and diverse
employment
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-05-106
                         May 2005
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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