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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Baltimore, MD
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 City of Baltimore was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The largest city in Mary-
land, Baltimore (population of 651,154), was industri-
alized in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries.
Industries were surrounded by densely developed
residential neighborhoods that supplied the labor
force. Abandoned brownfields are now blighting
Baltimore's neighborhoods. Baltimore's population
decreased 11.5 percent from 1990 to 2000, and the per
capita income is only 66 percent of the state average.
Approximately 64 percent of residents are African-
American. There are at least 56 brownfields in the city,
ranging from 1,016 to 2,400 acres. The cleanup site is
in the Brooklyn-Fairfield neighborhood, where the per
capita income is 57 percent of the state average, and
21.8 percent of residents live below the poverty level.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Baltimore for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the 8.7-acre
101 West Garrett Street site, which is contami-
nated with volatile organic compounds,
semivolatile organic compounds, PCBs, poly-
nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, metals, and
pesticides. The site has been used as a junkyard,
used car sales lot, and automobile repair facility.
Grant funds will be used to excavate and dispose
of contaminated soil, construct a passive methane
vapor system or vapor barrier, implement engi-
neering and institutional controls, and conduct
community outreach activities.
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3129
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Baltimore, MD
410-837-9310, ext. 317
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
The cleaned up sites will be used for residential,
commercial, and light industrial purposes. Brownfields
redevelopment will create jobs, increase tax revenues,
and stop sprawl development.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-048
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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