Brownfields Area-Wide Plannini
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Pilot Project Fact Sheet
Communities for a Better Environment,
Huntington Park, CA
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 environ-
mental and public health challenges related to brownfields,
while creating a planning framework to advance economic
development and job creation.
Pilot Project Description
EPA has selected Communities for a Better Environment (CBE)
as a Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient.
CBE will focus its project on the Huntington Park Brown-to-
Green project area, which is located in the west end of the
city with an approximate population of 2,000. Huntington
Park is a predominantly Latino community in Los Angeles
County, in which approximately 21 percent of families live
below the poverty level. The project area was home to heavy
manufacturing operations until the 1960s. Smaller manu-
Pilot Program Description
ERA is awarding approximately $4
million in total across 23 recipients.
Recipients will each receive up to
approximately $175,000 in EPA cooperative
agreement and/or direct technical assistance.
Assistance will help recipients initiate develop-
ment 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:
Communities for a Better Environment, CA
(323) 826-9771, ext. 105
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.
facturing operations have since located in the area, which
is now blighted by dilapidated buildings and vacant lots.
Attempts to improve this area have not been able to develop
a comprehensive revitalization vision. CBE will work with
its community partners to facilitate community involvement
in developing an area-wide plan around brownfields site
assessment, cleanup, and potential reuses that will help
transform the project area into a mixed-use, sustainable
area that will better meet the needs of residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003A
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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