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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Delaware Department
of Natural Resources
and Environmental
Control
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 Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Delaware
(population 783,600) has been home to agribusiness,
petroleum refining, chemical production, milling,
military, and heavy industrial activities for more than
100 years. Many of these activities occurred before the
enactment of environmental regulations, and the state
has been significantly impacted by brownfields.
Revolving Loan Fund
Grant
$900,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control for
a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
grant will be used to capitalize a revolving loan
fund from which the Delaware Department of
Natural Resources and Environmental Control
will provide loans and subgrants to support
cleanup activities at sites contaminated with
petroleum and hazardous substances. Grant funds
also will be used to implement community
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3129
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm
Grant Recipient: Delaware Department of Natural
Resources and Environmental Control, DE
302-395-2600
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Overall, 650 brownfields have been identified in
Delaware, and many urban centers are underdeveloped
and blighted. The largest concentration of brownfields
is located in the City of Wilmington, which contains an
estimated 125 sites. Wilmington, one of the state's
oldest industrial cities, has a poverty rate of 21.3
percent, and pressing environmental justice issues for
its minority residents, who comprise 64.5 percent of the
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-046
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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population. After brownfields are cleaned up, they will
be used for commercial and mixed-use redevelopment.
Brownfields redevelopment will increase tax revenues
and property values, relieve growth pressures, create
jobs, increase investment, and create greenspace.
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