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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Ohio Department of
Development
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 Ohio Department of Development (ODOD) was
selected to receive a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. Ohio (population 11,353,140) contains 21
communities that have federal designations, including
Empowerment Zones and Renewal Communities. The
ODOD is targeting abandoned gas stations for fund-
ing. As highways were constructed, small communities
were cut off from regular traffic, resulting in the
closure and abandonment of gas stations throughout
the state. The Bureau of Underground Storage Tank
Removal, ODOD's partner in this project, is aware of
344 suspected or confirmed releases of petroleum with
no responsible party to perform cleanup. There are
Revolving Loan Fund
Grant
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$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
$1,000,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Ohio Department of Devel-
opment (ODOD) for a brownfields revolving loan
fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the ODOD will
provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup
activities for sites contaminated with petroleum
and hazardous substances. The ODOD will
partner with the Bureau of Underground Storage
Tank Removal in the cleanup of former gas
stations around the state, and with the City of
Hamilton in the cleanup of hazardous substances
contamination in the city.
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/R5 Brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Ohio Department of Development
614-466-4484
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
another 177 properties with abandoned tanks and no
responsible party to perform removal. For sites con-
taminated with hazardous substances, ODOD is
targeting the City of Hamilton, an urban community
with a declining industrial economy. The city is a
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-132
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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federally designated Renewal Community. Hamilton
has identified 1.5 million square feet of underused and
potentially contaminated properties. Brownfields
cleanup and redevelopment will help protect human
health and the environment, stimulate local economies.
create jobs, and increase property values.
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