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                          Brownfields  Cleanup
                          Revolving  Loan  Fund
                          Pilot  Project
                          Cuyahoga  County, OH
BACKGROUND

The City of Cleveland and the surrounding Cuyahoga
county have seen an exodus of middle-income families
since the 1950s. As the City's traditional manufacturing
base  has  declined,  poverty,  unemployment  and
abandoned industrial facilities have taken root in what
is considered the "inner ring" of Cleveland suburbs.

Cuyahoga  County received a U.S. EPA Assessment
Demonstration pilot in  1994  and was awarded  a
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF)
pilot in May 1999. The MidTown Corridor, composed
of 18 suburbs adjacent to the City of Cleveland, is the
focus of the County's BCRLF. The poverty rate within
this area  is 58%, with a  99%  rate  for minority
populations.

STRUCTURE OF THE BCRLF PROGRAM

The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission (CPC) is
the Lead Agency for the BCRLF pilot.  The State of
Ohio serves as the site manager and the County Office
of Management and Budget is providing assistance as
Fund Manager for the program.

BCRLF BORROWER

The Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners is the
recipient of a $315,000 intra-governmental loan from
the BCRLF. The loan will be repaid in one year.  The
Board of Cuyahoga County Commissioners is required
by Juvenile Court to provide a new, expanded and
modern youth intervention and wellness facility  and
will use  the BCRLF  loan  for the  removal  of
contaminated soils from one portion of the property.
 PILOT SNAPSHOT
                    Date of Loan:
                    October 2001

                    Amount: $315,000

                    Loan Profile: The Cuyahoga
                    County Planning Commission is
                    making a $315,000 loan to the
                    Cuyahoga County Board of
                    Commissioners.
 Cuyahoga County, Ohio
 Contacts:
    Cuyahoga County
    Planning Commission
     (216)443-3700
EPA Region 5
Project Officer
(312)353-2513
       Visit the EPA Region 5 Brownfields web site at:
          http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields/

  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:
             www.epa.gov/brownfields
BCRLF CLEANUP SITE

Within the MidTown Corridor, along Quincy Avenue,
the Cuyahoga County BCRLF will lend funding to
cleanup a 15 acre site formerly occupied by Schmidt's
Brewery. The site consists of three parcels, 7.27 and
5.1 adjacent acres and a 2.7 acre lot across the street
from  the larger site.  Between  1889 and 1951, the
southern  parcels were  the location of the Peerless
Automobile factory, a plating and manufacturing plant,
a foundry and the American Brewing Company, (later
Schmidt's Brewery).

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Chemicals of concern on the site are arsenic and PAHs
that  exceed  residential   standards  under  Ohio's
Voluntary Action Program (VAP). A USEPA-approved
PCB removal was conducted by The Cleveland Electric
Illuminating Company  and the Ohio EPA  on  the
southwest corner of the property.   An underground
storage tanks and asbestos were removed when the
building was demolished in 1994. Contaminated soils
will be excavated for building construction and grading
to conform with clean fill will serve as a  remedy to
attain the residential standards for soil. Most of the site
is within the Urban Setting  Designation (USD) for
groundwater.

PROPOSED SITE REUSE PLAN

The  Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners will
cleanup the site with BCRLF loan funds so that the land
may be reused to build a Youth Intervention Center, the
first of its kind in the nation following U.S. Department
of Justice guidelines.  In additional to a new facility,
expanded social services and innovative family outreach
programs will be provided.  The Youth Intervention
Center will serve as  a model for the rehabilitation of
young people, as well as a "green" facility.

The  design incorporates energy efficiency and will
feature a community garden  and greenhouse on the
north parcel of the property to enhance the quality of
life for inhabitants, workforce, and neighbors.
BCRLF LEVERAGING

BCRLF funds will be used in conjunction with the new
State brownfields  financing program, the Clean Ohio
Fund.  This will be the first cleanup in Ohio under the
VAP Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) track.

CONTACTS

Cuyahoga County  Planning Commission
(216)443-3700

EPA Region 5 Project Officer
(312)353-2513

U.S. EPA-OSWER
Outreach and Special Projects Staff
(202) 260-4039

For  additional  information,  contact  the
RCRA/Superfund  Hotline at: (800) 424-9346 or visit
the   EPA   Brownfields   website   at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields.

 Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
 CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of
 funding also apply to BCRLF funds.
                                                         Solid Waste
                                                         and Emergency
                                                         Response (5105)
                          EPA 500-F-02-025
                          June 2002
                          www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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