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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant  Fact Sheet

       Homestead,  FL


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 Homestead was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in Miami-Bade
County, Homestead (population 44,494) experienced a
population boom between 2000 and 2005 that has
increased the need for developable land. Homestead is
focusing its assessment activities in its Brownfield
Redevelopment Zone (BRZ), which contains a federally
designated Empowerment Zone. This area includes
inactive railroad tracks, automotive wrecking yards,
quarries, and former drycleaning facilities. Many of the
buildings are deteriorated and vacant. The BRZ's
largest neighborhood has a 90 percent minority popula-
tion and a very low median household income. Redevel-
opment of properties within the BRZ will decrease
health hazards while  increasing area jobs, affordable
housing, and parks and open spaces.
Assessment Grants
$100,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the City of Homestead for two
assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to inventory and prioritize
sites and conduct between eight and ten Phase I
and two and three Phase II environmental site
assessments in the Homestead Brownfield
Redevelopment Zone. Petroleum grant funds will
be used to perform the same tasks at sites with
potential petroleum contamination in the  Home-
stead Brownfield Redevelopment Zone. Funds
from both grants will be used to conduct commu-
nity 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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8792
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm

Grant Recipient: City of Homestead, FL
305-224-4481

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.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-07-076
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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