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  Brownfields 2006

  Grant Fact Sheet

    Center for Aquatic

              Life  and

        Conservation,

        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 Center for Aquatic Life and Conservation (CALC)
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Located in Baltimore (population 651,154), the CALC
is focusing on a site in the Middle Branch region in
Cherry Hill, a low-income community where 98
percent of residents are minorities. The median
household income in Cherry Hill is $17,500, and the
unemployment rate is 18.2 percent. There are 56
brownfields ranging from an estimated 1,016 to 2,400
 Cleanup  Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Center for Aquatic Life and
 Conservation (CALC) for a brownfields cleanup
 grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
 used to clean up the seven-acre CALC at Middle
 Branch Park site at 101 W. Cromwell Street in
 Baltimore, which is contaminated with arsenic,
 mercury, and benzo(a)pyrene. Grant funds will be
 used to develop cleanup plans, excavate contami-
 nated soil, purchase environmental insurance,
 implement engineering controls, and conduct
 community involvement 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: Center for Aquatic Life and
 Conservation, MD
 410-576-3809
 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
acres throughout the city. Redevelopment of the CALC
at Middle Branch Park site is part of a larger project to
clean up 20 acres and reuse a 140,000-square-foot
garage as an Animal Care Center for the National
Aquariums in Baltimore and Washington, B.C., with
conservation education programs, research space,
laboratories, offices, and classrooms. The cleanup
project is expected to enhance public access to the
waterfront area with a trail and fishing pier, increase
education opportunities through programs offered at
the Animal Care Center, and improve water quality.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-06-050
                        May 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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