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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

              Gary,  IN


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 Gary was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Steel and other industrial operations
gave rise to Gary's economy and attracted many
immigrants seeking employment in these industries.
The majority of Gary's seven-mile shoreline on Lake
Michigan was taken up by U.S. Steel, the dominant
industry in Gary. With the industrial downsizing of the
last 20 years, Gary (population 102,746) has lost jobs,
population, and tax revenues. About 84 percent of
Gary residents are African-American and, of these, 34
percent live in poverty. There are hundreds of
brownfields with wide-ranging contamination in Gary.
Assessment of brownfields will allow the city, develop-
ment partners, and residents to more effectively plan,
inventory, prioritize, and assess sites that can revitalize
 Assessment Grant
 $100,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the City of Gary for a
 brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
 funds will be used to inventory brownfields sites,
 perform up to ten Phase I and ten Phase II
 environmental site assessments, 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 5 Brownfields Team
 312-886-7576
 http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

 Grant Recipient: City of Gary, IN
 219-882-3000

 The information presented in this fact sheet comes
 from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
 accuracy of this information. The cooperative
 agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
 ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
 sheet are subject to change.
Gary's urban core in four major anchor areas. Rede-
velopment is expected to create job opportunities and
contribute to the restoration of lakeshore natural areas.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-07-057
                         May 2007
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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