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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Chester County
Public Safety Training
Foundation, PA
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 Chester County Public Safety Training Foundation
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Located in southeastern Pennsylvania, Chester County
(population 482,000) is one of the first counties founded
by William Penn. The community around the target site
is the county's most economically distressed area and
includes the former Lukens Steel Plant in Coatesville.
Chester County contains more than 200 brownfield
sites, many of which are former factories associated
with steel production. The poverty rate in Coatesville is
just under 30 percent, nearly four times the county-
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Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Chester County Public
Safety Training Foundation for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to clean up the Public Safety Training
Facility site located on Route 82 in Coatesville.
Grant funds also will be used for cleanup planning
and oversight. The 40-acre site is contaminated
primarily with arc furnace waste from former
steel-making operations in the area.
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: Chester County Public Safety
Training Foundation, PA
610-458-5700, ext. 230
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.
wide rate. The city's unemployment rate is 11 percent.
When the target site is cleaned up, the Chester County
Public Safety Training Foundation plans to build and
operate a public safety training center on the site.
Training activities and site operation are expected to
create 35 to 50 new jobs. Cleanup of the site also is
expected to reduce environmental contamination of the
nearby Brandywine Creek.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-051
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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