United States
                  Environmental
                  Protection Agency
                  Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response  (5101)
EPA500-F-99-080
May 1999
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
 >>EPA   Brownfields  Cleanup
                  Revolving  Loan  Fund  Pilot
                                                           Long Beach, CA
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
                    Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is  designed to  empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans forthe environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup,  and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

The City of Long Beach , in recent years, has
experiencedthree military base closures, massive
aerospace downsizing, and rioting. These factors,
combined with one of the worst recessions in
California history, have caused extended periods of
physical, social, and economic deterioration. A
combination of these factors lead to the
abandonment of business operations and vacant
lots. As part of the City's efforts to redevelop
brownfields, Long Beach has created a state
enterprise zone, a recycling zone, several business
improvement districts, and seven redevelopment
project areas.

BCRLF OBJECTIVES

The Long Beach BCRLF pilot will provide seed
money to clean up contaminated sites. It anticipates
that these funds will help expedite redevelopment.
Potential target site s include:

• A 56.5 acre site with contaminants that include
  volatile and semivolatile organic compounds and
  heavy metals
 PILOT SNAPSHOT
                       Date of Announcement:
                       May 25,1999

                       Amount: $500,000

                       BCRLF Target Area:
                       North, central, and southwest
                       portions of Long Beach
  Long Beach, California
 Contacts:
 Redevelopment Agency of the
 City of Long Beach
 (562) 570-6570
   Region 9 Brownfields
   Coordinator
   (415) 744-2237
      Visit the EPA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
    www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.htm

   For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
 additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
  publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
          http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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• The Third Street Corridor — vacant parcels and
  dilapidated buildings that may be redeveloped as new
  housing, retail, and commercial development

• Memorial Heights — located in the Central Long
  Beach Redevelopment Project Area, where
  abandoned industrial properties are intermixed with
  residential areas

• The Willmore-Drake Historic Neighborhood - a
  historically significant area within the Central Long
  Beach Redevelopment Area

FUND STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS

The Redevelopment Agency of the City of Long Beach
will serve as the lead agency. The site manager will be
determined based on the type of cleanup required. The
Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board
will serve as site manager for proj ects involving soil and
groundwater cleanup. The County's Fire Department,
the Department of Public Works, the Department of
Health and Human Services, and the State' s Department
of Toxic Substance Control  may also act as site
manager. The City's Economic Development Bureau
(known as the Business Development Center), which
has been managing loan funds for the City since 1988,
will serve as fund manager.  The pilot anticipates
making as many as four loans during the initial round
of lending.

LEVERAGING

The BCRLF will be used in conjunction with other
sources. Currently, cleanup is financed with general
funds, redevelopmenttax increments, Community
Development Block Grant funds, and contributions
from property owners. Existing programs such as
the City Neighborhood Development RLF Program,
the Long Beach Capital Availability Loan Program,
the City's Economic Development RLF Program,
the Micro-Enterprise Loan Program, and the Grow
Long Beach Fund may  also be included in the mix
of cleanup financing options. The City will provide
in-kind assistance in the form of staff resources.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of funding
also apply to BCRLF funds.
 Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
 May 1999
                           Long Beach, California
                              EPA 500-F-99-080

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