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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant Fact  Sheet

           Jersey City

      Redevelopment

          Agency,  NJ


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 Jersey City Redevelopment Agency was selected
to receive two brownfields assessment grants. Located
on the west bank of the Hudson River across from
New York City, Jersey City (population 241,789) was
once a manufacturing and shipping center. Former
manufacturing facilities and rail yards near port areas
contain fill material contaminated with metals and
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons. Brownfields make
up more than one third of the city's land. Roughly 18
percent of the city's population lives below the poverty
 Assessment Grants
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the Jersey City Redevelopment
 Agency for two brownfields assessment grants.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 conduct 10 Phase I and three Phase II environ-
 mental site assessments, and community 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
 212-637-4309
 http://www.epa.gov/region2/brownfields

 Grant Recipient: Jersey City Redevelopment
 Agency, NJ
 201-547-5604

 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.
level. The low-income target communities expected to
be addressed with grant funds have even higher
poverty levels. With a population density of 16,000
people per square mile, Jersey City needs to reuse
developed space to provide land for housing, busi-
nesses, and recreation. Assessments are expected to
allow the completion of site characterizations as part
of the city's emerging development plan.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-08-041
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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