United States
                   Environmental
                   Protection Agency
                   Washington, D.C.  20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105)
EPA 500-F-01-314
April 2001
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
v>EPA    Brownfields Supplemental
                                                            Assistance
                                                             Washington, DC
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                     Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders
in economic redevelopment to worktogether in atimelymannerto prevent, assess, and safely clean up brownfieldsto promote
their sustainable reuse. Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and commercial facilities where expansion
or redevelopment is complicated by real orperceivedenvironmentalcontamination.EPAisfunding: assessment demonstration
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years, with additional funding provided for greenspace), to test
assessment models and facilitate coordinated assessment and cleanup efforts at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels;
and job training pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities
affected by brownfieldsto facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and preparetraineesforfuture employment intheenvironmental
field; and, a cleanup revolving loan fund program (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years) to provide financial assistance
for the 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
EPA has selected Washington, DC,  to receive
supplemental assistance for its Brownfields
Assessment Demonstration Pilot. The District's
economy is confined by its small geographic area,
increased competition from neighboring jurisdictions,
and a restricted tax base (the Federal government
owns 41 percent of the land). The District believes
that reuse of vacant and available land is essential to
revitalizing the area's economy.

The District City Council passed the Brownfields
Revitalization Amendment Act on December 5,
2000. The Act establishes  a regulatory and
enforcement program as well as a voluntary cleanup
program and tax and financial incentives. The District
is developing regulations to implement the Act.
Supplemental funds will assist the District in its
efforts to remove the uncertainty associated with
the redevelopment of potentially contaminated sites.
 PILOT SNAPSHOT
                        Date of Award: April 2001

                        Amount: $100,000

                        Profile:The Pilot willtarget
                        2-3 commercially valuable
                        properties.
      Washington, DC
 Contacts:
 Washington DC
 Department of Health
 (202)442-9237
  Regional Brownfields Team
  U.S. EPA - Region 3
  (215)814-2780
      Visit the EPA Region 3 Brownfields web site at:
   http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/brownfld/hmpage1.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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OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
The supplemental funding will be used to identify,
evaluate, prioritize, and  assess brownfields.
Assessments will be conducted at  2  -  3 sites
identified as high-priority for redevelopment. The
supplemental funding also will be used to conduct
forums that will involve residents  of areas
surrounding sites targeted  for assessment. Pilot
activities will support the continued development of
a comprehensive site assessment program for the
District of Columbia.

The Pilot plans to:
• Continue to identify brownfields;
• Determine the redevelopment potential of sites in
  order to set site assessment priorities;
• Conduct community forums in areas surrounding
  priority sites to involve the  community in
  redevelopmentplanning; and

• Conduct site assessments  at 2-3 properties.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this tact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                       Washington, DC
 April 2001                                                                          EPA 500-F-01-314

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