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Brownfields
Supplemental Assistance
City of Omaha, NE
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded the City of Omaha supplemental assistance
for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot.
Omaha is the largest city in eastern Nebraska. The
target areaforthe supplemental assistance encompasses
properties located west of the Pilot's initial study area
along the Missouri River. The targeted Northeast
Redevelopment District is a blighted industrial area
populated largely by minority residents. Area residents
suffer from a poverty rate of 56 percent and an
unemployment rate of 23 percent. These statistics are
drastically higher than citywide averages.
The original Pilot completed Phase I environmental
assessments, developed cleanup strategies, facilitated
public involvement, and conducted redevelopment
planning for three riverfront properties. Supplemental
funds will be used to maintain the revitalization momentum
begun under the original Pilot by assessing and planning
for the redevelopment of underused and abandoned
properties located west of the original Pilot properties.
Phase I environmental assessments will be completed at
a minimum of five properties in the Northeast
Redevelopment District. Phase II environmental
assessments will be completed at one or more of the
properties, depending on the findings of the Phase I
environmental assessments.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Omaha's overall objective is to integrate redevelopment
of bro wnfields into an aggressive economic development
program targeting impacted portions of the city, especially
theNortheastRedevelopmentDistrict.Thesupplemental
assistance will be used to perform Phase I and Phase II
environmental assessments on selected sites in the
target area, involve the public in land-use decisions, and
develop a comprehensive land-use redevelopment plan.
PILOT SNAPSHOT
City of Omaha,
Nebraska
Date of Announcement:
May 2002
Amount: $150,000
Profile: The Pilot plans to
assess and revitalize underused
and abandoned properties
located in the blighted and
economically distressed
Northeast Redevelopment
District.
Contacts:
City of Omaha
(402)444-3904
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA Region 7
(913)551-7003
Visit the E PA Region 7 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region07/brownfields/
Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
• Conducting Phase I environmental assessments on at
least five underused and abandoned properties in the
Northeast Redevelopment District;
• Conducting Phase II environmental assessments on
one or more of the targeted properties, depending on
Phase I findings;
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• Involving the public through workshops, public meetings
and project newsletters; and
• Developing a comprehensive land-use redevelopment
plan.
ThecooperativeagreementforthisPilothasnotyetbeennegotiated;therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste EPA 500-F-02-107
and Emergency May 2002
Response (5105) www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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