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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Redevelopment
Agency, 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. 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 Lynwood Redevelopment Agency was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Twenty-one
percent of families in the City of Lynwood (population
6 1 ,945), a largely Hispanic community, live below the
poverty line. The unemployment rate of 10.2 percent is
significantly higher than the average Los Angeles
County rate. The K and K Furniture site, targeted for
cleanup, is one of three designated brownfields and one
of several locations throughout the city, mostly in
redevelopment areas, where the environmental legacy
Cleanup Grant
120051
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Lynwood Redevelopment
Agency for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant
funds will be used to support community outreach
activities, implement groundwater remediation
systems, and install groundwater monitoring wells
at the ten-acre K and K Furniture site in
Lynwood. Soil and groundwater on the property,
used for over 50 years for industrial manufactur-
ing and commercial activity, are contaminated
with trichloroethylene.
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/
index.html
Grant Recipient: Lynwood Redevelopment
Agency, CA
310-603-0220, ext. 255
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
of previous industrial and manufacturing facilities
lingers. These brownfields create blight and discourage
economic development. Groundwater contamination at
the site is only 1,000 feet from the city's water produc-
tion well. Cleanup of the K and K site will remove a
blight in the community and the threat of potential
contamination of the lower aquifer. Redevelopment of
the site as a commercial retail center is anticipated to
generate more than $300,000 in tax revenues for the
city and create more than 150 jobs. It also is expected
to positively affect local property values.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-139
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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