United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA500-F-00-141
May 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
<>EPA Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
Carson, CA
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders
in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for
redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two
years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected by brownfields to facilitate cleanup
of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund
programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds to make loans for the environmental cleanup
of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states, tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful
information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified approach to site assessment,
environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
Prior to its incorporation in 1968, the landscape of the
City of Carson, California was dominated by heavy
industrial operations, junkyards, and landfills. As a
result, a number of properties now exist with
contaminated soil and groundwater. Carson is an EPA
Brownfield Assessment Pilot, and is currently
identifying and characterizing brownfield sites with a
high potential for redevelopment. Carson's BCRLF is
targeting the City's identified redevelopment areas.
BCRLF OBJECTIVES
The objectives of Carson's BCRLF are to:
• Provide a model for success for brownfields
remediation and revolving loan fund financing
procedures;
• Attract greater interest and additional seed
capital to conduct long-term redevelopment;
• Assume a leadership role in California's
Voluntary Cleanup Program and assist other
California communities in replicating success;
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Date of Announcement:
May 2000
Amount: $500,000
BCRLF Target Area: City
redevelopment areas
Carson, California
Contacts:
Community Development
Department
(310)952-1763
Region 9 BCRLF
Coordinator
(415)744-2237
Visit the EPA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.htm
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts, additional
Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and publications
and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields
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• Solicit the participation of involved stakeholders
and provide technical assistance to facilitate
cleanup; and
• Provide a viable financing source at below
market rates that will attract private capital and
result in sustainable cleanup and reuse efforts.
Carson's BCRLF will give preference to projects
located in the City's redevelopment areas or that are on
the City's Brownfields Assessment Pilot priority list.
FUND STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
The City of Carson's Community Development
Department (CDD) will serve as the lead agency. The
CDD will share fund manager duties with the National
Development Council (NDC). NDC will evaluate loan
applications in accordance with the City' s underwriting
criteria. The appropriate environmental regulatory
agencies, such as the California EPA Department of
Toxic and Substance Control and the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board, will act as site
managers. All of Carson's $500,000 BCRLF award
will be allocated for loans.
LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES
To leverage the BCRLF, Carson plans to pursue US
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Brownfields Economic Development Initiative grants,
Section 108 loans, and Community Development Block
Grant funds, as well as US Department of Commerce
Economic Development Administration grants. The
City also has redevelopment tax increment funds that
can be used to leverage cleanup efforts within the
City's redevelopment areas. The City will contribute
significant resources to administer the fund.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of funding
also apply to BCRLF funds.
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot Carson, California
May 2000 EPA500-F-00-141
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