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 Borough of Monaca as a Brownfields
Area-Wide Planning Pilot Program recipient. As one of the
founding members of the Ohio River Trail Council, the Bor-
ough is working with partner communities and organizations
to target four brownfields areas along the 45-mile Ohio River
Corridor. The target areas are in the Borough of Monaca
(population 6,286), the City of Aliquippa (population 3,760),
Borough of Coraopolis (population 6,131), and Borough of
Midland (population 3,137). The Corridor traditionally was the
industrial heart of southwestern Pennsylvania, specifically for
the production of steel. The decline of America's manufactur-
Monaca, PA
EPA 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. Assis-
tance 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.aov/brownfieldsy
EPA's Office of Brownfields and Land Revitalization
(202) 566-0633
Assistance Recipient: Borough of Monaca, PA
(724) 770-4428
The information presented in this fact sheet comes from
the project proposal; EPA cannot attest to the accuracy of
this information. The cooperative agreement and/or direct
technical assistance have not yet been negotiated. Activi-
ties described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
ing industry during the past decades has left many residents
without jobs. The four target areas include more than 250
acres of land and 34 brownfields, which are primarily former
steel mill-related and small-scale industrial lands. Poverty
rates in the targeted Corridor are as high as 21 percent. The
Ohio River Trail Council's efforts in planning and community
revitalization initiatives along the Ohio River Corridor will be
complemented by the area-wide planning process, which will
facilitate community involvement in site-specific brownfields
cleanup and reuse plans based on environmental conditions
and evaluate which sites have potential for new or increased
public access to the river through trail connections.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-10-003R
October 2010
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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