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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. On
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
both laws in Fiscal Year 2009, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants,
revolving loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job
training grants.
Community Description
The City of Newark was selected to receive three
brownfields cleanup grants and a brownfields revolving
loan fund grant. Newark (population 270,007) is within
a transportation corridor connecting the Atlantic Ocean
to the Delaware River, which attracted numerous
industrial facilities. Manufacturing has declined and left
an estimated 700 acres of brownfields in the city. The
sites range from small sites in residential neighborhoods
to tracts of vacant industrial land up to 30 acres in size.
Former industrial facilities pose potential human health
risks, and contaminated runoff threatens surface water
quality. Residents are negatively impacted by blight
from deteriorating buildings. The unemployment rate in
the city is 16 percent, 28 percent of residents live below
the poverty level, and 73 percent of residents are
minorities. When the NSC Plating and Polishing site is
cleaned up, the city plans to redevelop it with affordable
housing and ground floor retail space. When the
International Metallurgical Services site is cleaned up,
the city plans to redevelop it as part of the Urban
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the City of Newark for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the NSC Plating
and Polishing Company at 242 South 12th Street.
The site is a former plating and polishing facility
that is contaminated with cadmium, nickel, and zinc.
Hazardous substances grant funds also will be used
to clean up the International Metallurgical Services
site at 190-202 Blanchard Street. The 1.6-acre site is
a former ethanol production facility and metal
recovery operation that is contaminated with
beryllium and other metals. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to clean up a former gas station at 1037
Bergen Street that is contaminated with petroleum
products. Grant funds also will be used to sample
groundwater and conduct community engagement
activities at the three sites.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$750,000 for hazardous substances
$250,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Newark for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from
which the City of Newark will provide loans to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with
hazardous substances and petroleum. Grant funds
will be used to market the revolving loan fund and
conduct community outreach activities. The city
anticipates awarding two hazardous substances and
three petroleum loans.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-09-191
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Renewal Plan Industrial River Project for light
industrial or manufacturing. When the Bergen Street
site is cleaned up, it is expected to be redeveloped by a
local minority and woman-owned business for
commercial uses. Brownfield cleanups conducted
through the cleanup and revolving loan fund grants are
expected to encourage the revitalization of other sites
throughout the city, generate jobs, and increase tax
revenues.
the EPA Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team
(212) 637-4358
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region2/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Newark, New Jersey
(973) 273-1040
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)
EPA560-F-09-191
May 09
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