Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
               North Side Industrial Development Company, Inc., PA
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. 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 North Side Industrial Development Company, Inc.,
was selected to receive two brownfields assessment
grants. The Development Company serves Allegheny
and Westmoreland Counties (population 10,153) in
southwestern Pennsylvania. Within those counties, the
communities of Verona Borough, East Deer Township,
and the City of Arnold thrived during the Industrial
Revolution. Their location along the Allegheny River
attracted a range of industries, including iron and oil.
As these businesses declined, the facilities closed,
leaving behind abandoned and potentially contaminated
sites. The per capita income for the target communities
is lower than the state average. Assessment of
brownfields will help these communities identify and
reduce threats to human health and the environment
posed by the sites, and is expected to facilitate site
cleanup and redevelopment.
                  Assessment Grants

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances
                  $200,000 for petroleum

                  EPA has selected the North  Side Industrial
                  Development Company, Inc., for two brownfields
                  assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                  substances grant funds will be used to conduct from
                  five to 10 Phase I and three or four Phase II
                  environmental site assessments. Grant funds also
                  will be used to inventory brownfields and support
                  community involvement activities. Petroleum grant
                  funds will be used to conduct 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
                  (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                  EPA Region 3 Brownfields Team
                  (215)814-3129
                  EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
                  (http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)

                  Grant Recipient: North Side Industrial Development
                  Company, Inc.,PA
                  (412) 322-3523

                  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 negotiated.
                  Therefore, activities described in this  fact sheet are
                  subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-10-058
        Apr 10

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