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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Richmond, VA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Richmond was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. About 114,500 of
Richmond's 197,790 residents live in the zones targeted
for assessment. Unemployment in the target areas is
about 13 percent, compared to the city-wide rate of 5
percent. The poverty rate in the target areas is 28
percent, compared to a 21.4 percent rate in the city.
These areas include older commercial and industrial
neighborhoods with many vacant and underutilized
properties. Richmond, along with other long-standing
industrial municipalities, is experiencing a shift toward
residential and mixed-use development in the older
industrial zones. The James River, which once repre-
sented a source of power and means of transportation,
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Richmond for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to conduct community involvement, perform
Phase I and Phase II site assessments, and
conduct special studies at sites contaminated with
petroleum in the city's three city- and state-
designated Enterprise Zones, and in portions of the
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing
Authority's (RRHA) designated redevelopment,
conservation, and rehabilitation areas outside the
zones.
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3129
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm
Grant Recipient: Richmond, VA
804-646-3792
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
now is a place for riverfront residential and mixed-use
development. Cleanup and redevelopment of
brownfields in these target areas is expected to
enhance the city's capability to attract and support
new, cleaner uses for these properties. This will help
the city's efforts to attract investment and level the
playing field between the city's brownfields and the
greenfields in the suburban counties.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-04-186
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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