Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, and other stakeholders to work together to prevent,
assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brown-
fields. A brownfield 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. In 2002, the Small
Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization
Act was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfields sites. Un-
der this law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible
applicants to assess and clean up brownfield sites.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot
Program
EPA is piloting an area-wide planning approach to com-
munity brownfield challenges, which recognizes that
revitalization of the area surrounding the brownfield site(s)
is just as critical to the successful reuse of the property as
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment of an individual
site. The pilot program will help further community-based
partnership efforts within underserved or economically
disadvantaged neighborhoods by confronting local envi-
ronmental and public health challenges related to brown-
fields, while creating a planning framework to advance
economic development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
ERA has selected the City of Phoenix as a Brownfields Area-
Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient. The city will focus its
pilot project on the Del Rio Area (population 3,708) located in
the center of Phoenix along Rio Salado. More than 85 per-
cent of residents are minorities. Unemployment is nearly 12
percent, and more than 37 percent of residents live below the
poverty level. Within the project area, the 160-acre Del Rio
Landfill site is a high priority brownfields site for the city. With
80 percent of the land zoned for heavy industry, there is a
severe shortage of recreational facilities for area residents.
The city has adopted a Rio Salado Beyond the Banks Area
Phoenix, AZ
Pilot Program Description
EPA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients.
Recipients will each receive up to
approximately $175,000 in EPA coop-
erative agreement and/or direct technical
assistance. Assistance will help recipients
initiate development of an area-wide plan and identify
next steps and resources needed to implement
the plan.
Contacts
For additional information, brownfields news and
events, and publications and links, visit the EPA
Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient: City of Phoenix, AZ
(602) 256-3452
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the ac-
curacy of this information. The cooperative agreement
and/or direct technical assistance have not yet been
negotiated. Activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
Plan that includes the Del Rio Area and will continue to work
with the community to develop a cohesive brownfields area-wide
plan. The area-wide planning will facilitate community involve-
ment with bilingual sessions to prepare the public to partici-
pate in brownfields site reuse planning. Development of the
plan is expected to encourage the assessment, cleanup, and
redevelopment of brownfield sites and connect these sites
to improved recreational areas for residents, access to mass
transit, and increased commercial and business opportunities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-10-003
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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