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  Brownfields  2005

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

   Ohio Department of

         Development


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 Ohio Department of Development was selected to
receive a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The
communities selected for this project are located
across the State of Ohio (population 11,353,140). They
represent highly distressed areas with numerous
abandoned small and large brownfields sites belonging
to industries in decline, including mining, timber, pottery
and steel. These areas have all suffered from disin-
vestment, population losses, and rising poverty rates.
Since 2000, Ohio has lost approximately 230,000 jobs,
including 160,000 in the manufacturing sector. In the
Appalachian region, per capita income is 30 percent
lower than the state per capita. The poverty rates in
Akron, Cincinnati, and Dayton are 17.5,21.9, and 23
percent, respectively. These rates are even higher
   Revolving Loan Fund \2oo5
   Grant
  $4,000,000 for hazardous substances

  EPA has selected the Ohio Department of
  Development for a brownfields revolving loan
  fund grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
  revolving loan fund from which the Ohio Depart-
  ment of Development coalition will provide loans
  and subgrants to support cleanup activities for
  sites in areas contaminated with hazardous
  substances. Coalition partners include the Cities
  of Akron, Cincinnati, and Dayton, and the Buck-
  eye Hills-Hocking Valley Regional Development
  District.
  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/R5Brownfields/

  Grant Recipient: Ohio Department of
  Development
  614-466-4484

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
within the minority neighborhoods. Assessment and
cleanup of the brownfields will help reduce the poten-
tial threat to human health in areas that depend on
groundwater as a source of drinking water, and the
threat to the safety of those in areas where the sites
are used for illegal or criminal activity. Redevelopment
is expected to help reverse the employment trends in
Ohio and jumpstart a recovery which is lagging behind
the rest of the nation.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-05-197
                        May 2005
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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