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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

          Los Angeles

  Conservation  Corps,

                   CA


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 Los Angeles Conservation Corps (LACC) was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. LACC
is a non-profit organization in northeastern Los
Angeles (total population 3,900,000) that provides job
skills training to at-risk young adults and school-aged
youths. The target community has been industrialized
for more than 100 years, and poor handling of hazard-
ous materials in the past has contaminated many
properties. The population of the area is approximately
45 percent Hispanic and 49 percent Asian. The median
income in the area, which is home to industrial,
commercial, and residential facilities, is approximately
  Cleanup Grant
  $200,000 for hazardous substances
  EPA has selected the Los Angeles Conservation
  Corps for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
  substances grant funds will be used to clean up
  the parking lot of the Clean and Green Center for
  Environmental Education and Training at 1400-
  1410 N. Spring Street, which was formerly a used
  metal foundry, machine shop, and truck garage.
  Grant funds also will be used to develop a
  cleanup plan, and implement public 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 9 Brownfields Team
  415-972-3092
  http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
  index.html

  Grant Recipient: Los Angeles Conservation Corps,
  CA
  213-362-9000, ext. 203

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
$10,000 below California's median income. Thirty-nine
percent of the children live below the poverty level. The
Clean and Green Center for Environmental Education
and Training serves 1,600 under-served minority youths
each year, and rehabilitation and beautification of the
site is part of a larger redevelopment program that
includes a new state park. Brownfields redevelopment is
expected to increase property values and the tax base,
prevent contamination into groundwater and the Los
Angles River, and catalyze further development in the
area.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-06-175
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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