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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

            Baltimore

         Development

      Corporation,  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 Baltimore Development Corporation (BDC) was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
Located in central Maryland on the Chesapeake  Bay,
the City of Baltimore (population 651,154) is a
federally designated Empowerment Zone that was
industrialized in the late  19th and early 20th Centuries.
Industries were surrounded by densely developed
residential neighborhoods that supplied the labor
force. From 1990 to 2000, Baltimore's population
decreased 11.5 percent, and the per capita income is
$16,978, significantly less than the state average of
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Baltimore Development
 Corporation for a brownfields assessment grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 conduct 15 to 20 Phase I and three to four Phase
 II environmental site assessments throughout
 Baltimore. Grant funds also will be used to
 develop cleanup plans and implement 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: Baltimore Development
 Corporation, 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.
$25,614. At least 64 percent of residents are African-
American, and 18.8 percent of families live below the
poverty level. BDC has identified 56 vacant or
underutilized industrial sites totaling 1,016 acres, and a
larger inventory that considers smaller sites identified
approximately 2,400 acres of underutilized industrial
land. Brownfields in the city are scattered along
industrial corridors and are usually smaller than ten
acres. The city estimates that brownfields represent a
loss of $26 million in annual tax revenues and a lost
opportunity to provide an estimated 27,000 jobs. After
brownfields are cleaned up, the BDC plans on redevel-
oping them for commercial, residential, and greenspace
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-06-049
                        May 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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uses. Brownfields redevelopment will provide jobs and
services, and improve the water quality of the Chesa-
peake Bay.

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