Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
    *          Portland Development Commission, OR
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 Portland Development Commission was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The Commission is
targeting its cleanup efforts in designated renewal areas
within the City of Portland (population 550,396). The
site targeted for cleanup is located in the 659-acre
Gateway Regional Center Urban Renewal Area in east
Portland. The area occupies one of the most strategic
locations in the city at the convergence of several
freeway corridors, rail transit lines, and bus lines. A
significant portion of this area is vacant and underused
land with an industrial past. The current mix of uses
includes fragmented housing areas with interspersed
industrial and commercial facilities and limited
recreational facilities. Incomes in the  area are well
below the city average, and the unemployment rate is
9.3 percent. When the target Gateway Neighborhood
Park site is cleaned up, the Commission plans to reuse it
as a signature park. Creation of the park is expected to
contribute to the success of the Gateway Renewal Area,
increase property values, and attract private investment
to the area.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Portland Development
                   Commission for a brownfields cleanup grant.
                   Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                   clean up the Gateway Neighborhood Park at
                   10506-10512 and 10520 NE Halsey Street. The
                   4.2-acre site was formerly a dry cleaner and a
                   bowling alley, and is contaminated with
                   perchloroethene and trichloroethene. Grant funds
                   also will be used to support community outreach
                   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 10 Brownfields Team
                   (206)553-7299
                   EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
                   sites/bf)

                   Grant Recipient: Portland Development
                   Commission,OR
                   (503) 823-4579

                   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-09-082
        May 09

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