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 Brownfields  2007

  Grant Fact Sheet

    Middlesex  County

         Improvement

         Authority,  NJ


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 Middlesex County Improvement Authority
(MCIA) was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. The Borough of Middlesex (population
13,717) was a railroad-based manufacturing commu-
nity in the center of Middlesex County. However,
many manufacturers have left the borough, resulting in
a significant number of underused properties through-
out Middlesex County's industrial corridor. The
corridor also is hampered by aged and outdated
physical infrastructure. The MCIA will focus on the
190-acre Lincoln Boulevard Rehabilitation Area
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Middlesex County Improve-
 ment Authority for a brownfields assessment
 grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
 used to conduct about five Phase I and one Phase
 II environmental site assessments in the Lincoln
 Boulevard Rehabilitation Area located within the
 Borough of Middlesex.
 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: Middlesex County Improvement
 Authority, NJ
 609-409-5002

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
within the county's industrial corridor. Assessment of
the former industrial sites in this area is needed to
begin implementing a redevelopment plan in collabo-
ration with area residents. Brownfields assessment and
eventual redevelopment will remove environmental
hazards from the community, generate new jobs, and
create healthier and more sustainable land uses.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-07-110
                       May 2007
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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