Brownfields 2000 Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
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Oakland, CA
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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.
Background
Oakland's BCRLF will target the Oakland Industrial
Corridor Area, an 8,000-acre area that houses over 80
percent of Oakland's manufacturing firms and workforce.
Over the past two decades, numerous plant closures and
relocations have occurred in the area. In the Coliseum
Redevelopment Project area, in particular, over 600 acres
of land are underutilized and over 700 sites have
potentially hazardous materials present. Many of these
former industrial sites range from two to ten acres in size.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2000
Amount: $500,000
Profile: Oakland Industrial Corridor Area
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 9 Brownfields Team
(415)972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Oakland,CA
(510)238-6657
Objectives
Oakland's BCRLF goals include the following:
• Clean up and initiate the reuse of large vacant
and underutilized brownfields
• Provide short-term cleanup jobs through the
City's partnership with the Oakland Private
Industry Council;
• Provide a fair process for community input and
self-determination; and
• Allow the Oakland Redevelopment Agency to
work with property owners to clean up large
acreages and develop a comprehensive reuse
plan for the area.
Activities
Fund Structure and Operations
The City of Oakland will serve as lead agency and fund
manager through its Community and Economic
Development Agency. The site manager will be the
City's Public Works Agency. Average loan size is
expected to be $150,000. All loan recipients will be
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required to utilize training programs for remediation
workers and local training and placement services that
target low income residents.
The City's Community and Economic Development
Agency will draw upon City personnel for
environmental, economic development, strategic
planning, and legal services for the BCRLF. The
Oakland Redevelopment Agency also will provide
$100,000 to the BCRLF. The BCRLF will be used in
conjunction with other City-managed loan programs
including the US Department of Housing and Urban
Development Section 108 loan guaranty authority, the
Small Business Administration, and the Enhanced
Enterprise Community (EEC) programs. The City plans
to publish an environmental resource toolbox that will
list all resources available to property owners,
developers, and local public agencies to facilitate the
reuse of brownfields.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of
funding also apply to BCRLF funds.
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.
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Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
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