Brownfields  2011  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 a brownfields assessment
coalition grant. The company's coalition partners are 19
municipalities and the Urban Redevelopment Authority
of Pittsburgh (combined population 415,805). These
municipalities are located along the Ohio and
Allegheny Rivers. The area was developed during the
late 1800s and early 1900s, driven by the region's
industrial growth. Housing and neighborhoods
developed around the industries that lined the region's
rivers, leaving residents in the pathways of potentially
hazardous waste generated by the industries. With
industrial globalization, major companies in the
coalition area declined, residents lost jobs, and
municipalities lost residents and their tax base.
Seventeen of the 20 coalition members are designated
distressed by the state. Per capita income is $18,829,
and the poverty rate is higher than the state average.
Brownfield assessments are expected to facilitate the
redevelopment of brownfields into advanced
manufacturing facilities for new technologies such as
robotics, medical devices, and precision instruments.
                   Assessment Grant

                   $750,000 for hazardous substances
                   $250,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the North Side Industrial
                   Development Company, Inc., for a brownfields
                   assessment coalition grant. Community-wide
                   hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will
                   be used to conduct about 12 Phase I and eight to 10
                   Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds
                   also will be used to develop cleanup plans, conduct a
                   brownfields site inventory, and support community
                   involvement activities.

                   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)
E PA 560-F-128-031
         May 11

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