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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
New York, NY
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 the
Brownfields 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The City of New York was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. With a population of
8,213,839, New York is the largest city in the United
States and a federally designated Empowerment Zone.
Beginning in 2001, the city experienced an economic
downturn resulting from a national recession and the
impact of the September 11th attack. New York's
poverty rate is over 21 percent, and 65 percent of its
residents are minorities. The city's portfolio of devel-
opable land is dwindling, and potential brownfields
are nearly all of the land remaining to meet growing
land-use needs. By 2030, New York is expecting its
population to grow to over nine million, and residents
will need places to live, play, and work. The redevel-
opment of brownfields is essential to accomplishing this
goal. Eventual redevelopment of brownfields will
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of New York for two
assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to conduct at least two Phase
II environmental site assessments of sites located
in industrial and low-income areas of the city.
Grant funds also will be used to support commu-
nity outreach activities. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to perform the same tasks at sites
with potential petroleum contamination.
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 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
brownfields/
Grant Recipient: City of New York, NY
212-788-2929
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.
provide much-needed space for residential and com-
mercial uses. Stimulating the local economy will lead
to capital investment, job creation, and increases to the
local tax base.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-07-123
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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