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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

       New Albany,  IN




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 New Albany was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. New Albany (population
37,603) is located in Floyd County just across the Ohio
River from Louisville, Kentucky. The target area, the
Scribner Place Project, is in a blighted commercial
district of downtown New Albany, once the center of
the city's commercial activities. The commercial uses
of the six target parcels included machine shops, boiler
manufacturers, foundries, coal yards, and freight and
passenger train services. The combined population of
the four census tracts surrounding the project area is
8,973. The poverty rate in this community is 27.7
percent, nearly double the 14 percent rate of the city.
Almost 57 percent are considered low- to moderate-
income, and  22 percent are disabled. Development
                       Cleanup Grants
                       $382,765 for hazardous substances
                       $17,235 for petroleum

                       EPA has selected the City of New Albany to
                       receive two brownfields cleanup grants. Hazard-
                       ous substances funds will be used to clean up soils
                       contaminated with heavy metals and poly-aro-
                       matic hydrocarbons (PAHs) on six continguous
                       parcels comprising a portion of the Scribner Place
                       Project. Five of the parcels are located south of
                       Main Street between 1st Street and the alley
                       between Bank and East 3rd Streets, and the sixth
                       parcel is on West Main Street. Petroleum funds
                       will be used to clean up a portion of the Dierking
                       property on West Main Street, once occupied by
                       an abandoned tire and auto service business.
                       Grant funds also will be used to conduct commu-
                       nity 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 5 Brownfields Team
                       312-886-7576
                       http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

                       Grant Recipient: New Albany, IN
                       812-948-5333

                       The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                       yet been negotiated; therefore, the activities
                       described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                    plans for the Scribner Place Project include a YMCA,
                    anatatorium, a plaza, a 100-room hotel, and an 80-unit
                    condominium or apartment complex. This project also
                    includes a pedestrian plaza that will link East Main
                    Street to the Ohio River Greenway, connecting New
                    Albany with its neighbor.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                                             EPA560-F-04-192
                                             June 2004
                                             www.epa.gov/brownfields

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