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 Brownfields 2007

  Grant Fact Sheet

 Taube-Koret  Campus

  for Jewish  Life,  Palo

             Alto,  CA


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 Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish Life (TKCJL)
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The TKCJL is targeting a former aerospace facility
located in the City of Palo Alto (population 61,200) in
the San Francisco  Bay area known as the South
Peninsula. The TKCJL plans to develop a multi-
purpose, intergenerational campus on the target site
that will be open to the entire community. The site
presently is contaminated from past uses, posing a
threat to the health of the surrounding community.
TKCJL is currently housed in interim facilities spread

 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Taube-Koret Campus for
 Jewish Life for a brownfields cleanup grant.
 Grant funds will be used to clean up the eight-
 acre site as the future home of the Taube-Koret
 Campus for Jewish Life at 901 San Antonio
 Avenue in Palo Alto. The site was formerly an
 aerospace facility. Environmental concerns
 include volatile organic compounds and vinyl
 chloride contamination in groundwater and soil.
 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 9 Brownfields Team
 415-972-3092
 http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
 index.html
 Grant Recipient: Taube-Koret Campus for Jewish
 Life, CA
 650-691-0100
 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.
over several locations. These accommodations have
eroded membership and reduced the quality and
quantity of low-cost services, educational opportunities,
and cultural programs that are offered to the commu-
nity. Cleanup of the target site will serve as the first
step in its redevelopment into a place to socialize, learn,
and grow.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-07-173
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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