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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

 Center for Aquatic Life

      and Conservation,

        Baltimore, MD


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 Center for Aquatic Life and Conservation
(CALC) was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup
grant. CALC, a non-profit affiliate of the National
Aquarium Institute, is targeting a waterfront site along
the Middle Branch of the Patapsco River in the City of
Baltimore (population 651,154). The site was created
by filling a shallow flat in the river with construction
and demolition debris from various projects around the
city. It is located across the river and south of the
Cherry Hill community. About 98 percent of Cherry
Hill's residents are minorities, and the unemployment
 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Center for Aquatic Life and
 Conservation for a brownfields cleanup grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 clean up the Center's 13-acre Middle Branch site
 at 101 West Dickman Street in Baltimore. The site
 is located along the Middle Branch of the Patapsco
 River and is contaminated with heavy metals,
 polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and semi-
 volatile organic compounds.
 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 3 Brownfields Team
 215-814-3129
 http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs
 Grant Recipient: Center for Aquatic Life and
 Conservation, MD
 410-576-3809
 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.
rate in this community is 18.2 percent. Cleanup of the
site is expected to help improve the water quality of
the Middle Branch River. This project is expected to
help the CALC move forward with plans to develop
an Animal Care and Conservation Education Center, a
waterfront and environmental demonstration park, and
a public-access trail and fishing pier. The state already
has invested more than $5 million in the CALC
project, and development of the site is expected to
create jobs, and generate tax and tourism revenues.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-08-050
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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