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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Trenton, NJ
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 City of Trenton has been selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Trenton (population
85,403), the capital of New Jersey, is one of the state's
poorest cities. It grew around the now-defunct indus-
trial facilities which once depended on the area's
waterways for power. These facilities, now mostly
abandoned, are typically located in residential commu-
nities. These residential neighborhoods are primarily
low-income and minority. The poverty levels in the two
target areas are 28 and 49 percent, respectively. More
than 90 percent of target area residents are minority
and the median household income is less than two-
thirds of the city median. Cleanup of the Pukala site,
located in a floodplain from which contaminants and
Cleanup Grants
A2005
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City Trenton for two
brownfields cleanup grants. One grant will be
used to clean up hazardous substances contami-
nation, including volatile organics and lead, at the
Pukala site on Poplar Street. The site was
contaminated by fill used to raise site elevations
and by historic site operations which included an
automobile dismantling yard, junk yard, and auto
repair facility. The second grant will be used to
clean up soil contaminated with polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons, arsenic, and lead at the
Canal Plaza site on North Broad Street. The
property was used as an industrial dairy from
1918 until it was abandoned in 1976.
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 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of Trenton, NJ
609-989-3509
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
debris are washed into a tributary of the Delaware
River, will help protect the water quality of a regional
drinking water source. Once the site is cleaned up,
the city will reclaim it for open space and recreation,
thereby improving the quality of life and morale of
residents. Cleanup of the Canal Plaza site will help
prevent runoff from discharging into the Delaware
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-174
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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and Raritan Canal and remove one of the last symbols
of blight in this historic area, location of a significant
Revolutionary War battle. Once the site is cleaned up,
the city plans call for redevelopment with 16 homes
and open space, which will improve the neighborhood
and alleviate the area's housing shortage.
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