United States
                  Environmental
                  Protection Agency
                  Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response(5101)
EPA 500-F-99-040
May 1999
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
 &EPA   Brownfields  Cleanup
                  Revolving   Loan  Fund  Pilot
                                                Cuyahoga  County, OH
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
                    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
bybrownfieldstofacilitatecleanupofbrownfieldssitesandpreparetraineesforfutureemploymentintheenvironmental
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

Since the 1950s, Cleveland, which lies in Cuyahoga
County, has seen an exodus of middle-income families,
and by 1960 it was experiencing a rapid loss of its
manufacturing base.  As the traditional economic
base and local jobs  began migrating out of the city,
poverty,  unemployment, and abandoned industrial
facilities began to take root in what is considered the
"inner ring"  of Cleveland suburbs—a group of 18
inner-suburban communities that all share a contiguous
border with the city.

BCRLFOBJECTIVES

The goal  of the Cuyahoga County BCRLF Pilot
program is to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites in
Cleveland and its 18 adjacent suburbs, including the
MidTown Corridor, and to foster the sites' return to
productive  use.   The county  anticipates that
redeveloped brownfields will bring new or expanded
businesses to the county, create new jobs as a result
of business expansion, and heighten awareness among
business  owners, developers, and residents of the
issues concerning environmental hazards and their
cleanup. In addition to the primary benefit of removing
the environmental hazards, the city anticipates that
 PILOTSNAPSHOT
                       Date of Award:
                       September 1997

                       Amount: $350,000

                       BCRLF Target Area : Sites
                       in the urban core of Cleveland
                       and its 18 adjacent suburbs.
   Cuyahoga County, Ohio
 Contacts:

 Cuyahoga County
 Planning Commission
 (216)443-3700
 Regional Brownfields Team
 U.S. EPA - Region 5
 (312)886-7576
      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:
          http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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the BCRLF Pilot will help build local capacity and
partnerships with state and federal agencies.

FUNDSTRUCTUREANDOPERATIONS

The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission (CPC)
will act as Fund Manager.  The county will partner
with the Ohio EPA to perform Site Manager duties.
Cuyahoga County will identify projects  through its
Brownfields Working  Group and through public-
private and community-wide partnerships. The CPC
will evaluate projects based on their impact to the
community, proj ect costs, and the borrower's ability to
make loan repayments. The CPC will identify from
one to six projects for cleanup and reuse within the
target area for the initial round of loans.

LEVERAGINGOTHERRESOURCES

The county has a U.S.  Economic Development
Administration Revolving Loan Fund, U.S. Housing
and Urban  Development Section 108  funds,  and
Industrial Development Bonds that can be leveraged
with the BCRLF.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, andallCERCLA restrictions on use of funding
also apply to BCRLF funds.
 Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot                                        Cuyahoga County, Ohio
 May 1999                                                                      EPA500-F-99-040

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