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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Cuyahoga Soil and
Water Conservation
District, Cleveland,
OH
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Cuyahoga Soil and Water Conservation District
(SWCD) was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Located in northeastern Ohio, the
Cuyahoga SWCD serves the City of Cleveland (popu-
lation 478,403). Cuyahoga County is home to approxi-
mately 14,000 potential brownfields. Many of these
former industrial sites are believed to be responsible
for some of the contaminated sediments found in the
Cuyahoga River that are dredged and placed into
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Cuyahoga Soil and Water
Conservation District for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to conduct Phase I and II environ-
mental site assessments of the Dike 14 Nature
Preserve site along the southern shore of Lake
Erie in Cleveland. The site is contaminated with
volatile organic compounds, metals, and ten
different polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Grant funds also will be used to conduct a risk
assessment, develop cleanup plans, and imple-
ment community involvement activities.
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/R5 Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Cuyahoga Soil and Water
Conservation District, OH
216-524-6580
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
confined disposal facilities. The city is targeting the
Dike 14 Nature Preserve site, used between 1979 and
1999 as a confined disposal facility, for assessment. A
1997 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers analysis of sedi-
ment samples indicated the presence of volatile organic
compounds, polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and
metals in the sediments. Dike 14 borders a federally
designated Empowerment Zone. The neighborhood
surrounding the site is a densely populated, urban,
working-class community. More than 50 schools are
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-06-131
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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within close proximity to the site. Brownfields assess-
ment and redevelopment is expected to allow the
Cuyahoga SWCD to address environmental, health.
and safety concerns in the area, and preserve the site to
continue to provide a natural area that will allow
wildlife to flourish and Cleveland residents and visitors
to enjoy additional greenspace for recreation and
environmental educational programs.
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