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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Lincoln, NE
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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of Lincoln was selected to receive three
brownfields cleanup grants. Located in eastern Ne-
braska, Lincoln (population 235,000) is focusing its
brownfields cleanup efforts in the West Haymarket
Area of the city. This 402-acre district consists of
heavy industrial, commercial, and mixed residential
areas that are considered blighted and largely obsolete.
It also has larger minority and low-income populations
than the rest of the city. The targeted sites are among
the 60 brownfields identified through the assessment
process. Cleanup of the former BNSF Railway
Roundhouse Area, the Alter Scrap Company property,
and the former Manufactured Gas Plant is expected to
be one step in the city's plan to redevelop the West
Haymarket Area into a commercial and recreational
development that will expand the city center. Potential
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Lincoln for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the former
BNSF Railway Roundhouse Area within the BNSF
Railway Company Lincoln Main Yard and the Alter
Scrap Company property at 551 N Street. The
sites were used for more than 100 years as rail
yards. Soil and groundwater at the sites are
contaminated with heavy metals and other hazard-
ous substances. Grant funds also will be used to
clean up the former Manufactured Gas Plant site
at 660 N Street. Environmental concerns at the site
include heavy metals, semi-volatile organic com-
pounds, and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.
Grant funds also will be used to support 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 7 Brownfields Team
800-223-0425
http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brownfields
Grant Recipient: City of Lincoln, NE
402-441-7855
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.
redevelopment projects at sites cleaned up in the West
Haymarket Area include a convention center, hotels,
and youth sports facilities.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-175
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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