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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Miller Children's
Hospital, Long
Beach, 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 Miller Children's Hospital was selected to receive
three brownfields cleanup grants. Located in Long
Beach (population 461,522), the hospital is part of the
Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, which is the
second largest private hospital on the West Coast and
has served the Long Beach community since 1907. It
serves as a subspecialty referral center for more than
20 community hospitals, and is Long Beach's fifth
largest employer. The manufacturing and trade sectors
once located in the city have declined in the past 10
years. Today 32.7 percent of residents under the age of
Cleanup Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$400,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Miller Children's Hospital
for three brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up
MCH Inpatient Tower Hazardous Materials
Cleanup Site I, at 2801 Atlantic Avenue. The site
was a debris dumping ground for oil industry
waste materials and a closed landfill, and is
contaminated with benzene, toluene, metals, and
xylenes. Petroleum funds will be used to clean up
MCH Inpatient Tower Petroleum Cleanup Sites II
and III, at 2801 Atlantic Avenue. The sites
contain a total of six abandoned oil wells, and
were used as debris dumping grounds for oil
industry waste materials and closed landfills. The
sites are contaminated with petroleum and
petroleum products. Funds also will be used for
community planning and outreach. When the
sites are cleaned up, they will be the location of
the hospital's expanded facilities.
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: Miller Children's Hospital, CA
562-933-8049
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)
EPA560-F-06-178
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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18 live below the poverty level. The city is home to the
largest population of Cambodians outside of Cambodia.
The same is true with regard to the Filipino population
in Long Beach. In addition, 35.8 percent of the popula-
tion is Hispanic, and 14.5 percent is African-American.
Major environmental health issues for the community
include air pollution from port, soil, and stormwater
contamination; aquifer contamination from contami-
nated groundwater migration; and childhood asthma.
When the brownfields are cleaned up, they will be used
for the expansion of the hospital's facilities.
Brownfields redevelopment will contribute to healing
the human health impacts from the most pervasive
contaminants, create jobs, and expand the community's
healthcare services.
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