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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
New Jersey
Meadowlands
Commission
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 New Jersey Meadowlands Commission was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
The 30.4-square-mile Hackensack Meadowlands
District encompasses portions of 14 municipalities in
Bergen and Hudson Counties. The total population of
the Meadowlands communities is approximately
448,600, with 10,700 residing within the District's
boundaries. A full third of the total population is immi-
grant, and 46.1 percent of the residents report their
race as other than white. Over 11 percent of the
residents live below the poverty line. The Commission
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances''
EPA has selected the New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission for a brownfields assessment grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
identify community-wide clusters of adjacent
brownfields sites for assessment and to conduct
community outreach. Funds also will be used to
collect environmental information on the target
areas, using a geographic information system and
other mapping techniques.
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: New Jersey Meadowlands
Commission
201-460-3879
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
has identified approximately 2,900 acres that are in
need of redevelopment. Its redevelopment strategy is
to remediate contaminated sites to steer development
away from greenfields and sensitive wetlands. The
New Jersey Turnpike, a major commerce corridor,
runs through the District and could be used as a
prime drawing card for business development,
providing jobs for urban workforces.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-034
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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