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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

 Maryland  Department

  of General Services,

        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 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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Maryland Department of General Services was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
Department (state population 5,296,486) has targeted a
site in Baltimore. Industrialization of Baltimore
occurred in the late 19th and early 20th Centuries, with
industrial facilities typically surrounded by densely
developed residential neighborhoods. A declining
industrial base has left large tracts of blighted real
estate in residential neighborhoods. Today,  64 percent
of city residents are African-American, and 56 large
brownfields in the city comprise an estimated 1,016 to
 Cleanup  Grant
2006
 $200,000 for hazardous substances

 EPA has selected the Maryland Department of
 General Services for a brownfields cleanup grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 clean up the 3700 Potee Street site in Baltimore,
 which is contaminated with PCBs, metals, and
 pesticides. The site has been used as a junkyard,
 used car sales lot, and automobile repair facility.
 Grant funds will be used to excavate and dispose
 of contaminated soil, implement engineering and
 institutional controls, and conduct community
 outreach activities.
 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/index.htm

 Grant Recipient: Maryland Department of General
 Services, MD
 410-837-9310, ext. 317

 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
2,400 acres. The target site is located in the Brooklyn-
Fairfield neighborhood, which is adversely impacted
by a concentration of chemical manufacturing and
petroleum storage facilities. The per capita income of
this neighborhood is 57 percent of the state average,
and nearly 22 percent of neighborhood families live
below the poverty level. Cleanup of the target site will
allow for its redevelopment into a mix of commercial
and residential uses. The community has requested that
the site be considered as the location for a supermarket
and other commercial uses that would complement an
adjoining commercial area.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-06-218
                        July 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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