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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
SaA? Jose, CA
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. A brownfield 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 San Jose was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. The city has 894,943
residents, many of whom live in neighborhoods that
lack sufficient greenspace. The city's economic history
includes both agriculture and industrial operations,
leaving a great potential for brownfields. The commu-
nity-wide brownfields assessment will be coordinated
with the Strong Neighborhoods Initiative, which unites
the city's communities, and Greenprint, the city's 20-
year strategic plan for development of parks and
community facilities. Brownfields cleanup is expected
to revitalize older, former industrial areas of the city,
and provide open space to the city's lower-income
residents.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected San Jose for a brownfields
assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
inventory and rank brownfield properties identified
by the city and its Strong Neighborhoods Initiative.
Funds also will be used to select brownfield
properties that could be used to expand the city's
open space, to perform up to 20 Phase I and up to
ten Phase II assessments on the selected sites,
and to conduct community outreach 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: San Jose, CA
408-794-1302
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-04-195
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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