Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant  Fact Sheet
               Enterprise Zone Education and Training Center Corporation,
               Evansville, IN
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 Enterprise Zone Education and Training Center
Corporation was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. The target site is in Evansville's
state-designated Enterprise Zone (population 8,132), a
3.7-square-mile section of the city comprised primarily
of older industrial and inner-city residential areas.
Many of the major employers have left the area, leaving
workers without jobs and more than 2.5 million square
feet of abandoned business space. Within the zone,
there are 300 parcels of brownfields encompassing 200
acres. Contamination from these brownfields may be
contaminating wells that provide drinking water to
some homes in the area. About 15 percent of residents
in the target area live below the poverty level, and the
average per capita income is significantly lower than
the county average. When the target site is cleaned up,
the Corporation plans to redevelop it as a for-profit
recycling facility. Cleanup of the target site is expected
to reduce the threat of exposure to chlorinated solvents
and create jobs.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Enterprise Zone Education and
                   Training Center Corporation for a brownfields
                   cleanup grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will
                   be used to clean up the Tri-State Resource Recovery
                   Center site at 1511 Harriett Street in Evansville. The
                   site is a nonprofit recycling facility that sorts and
                   resells recyclable and industrial materials from
                   surrounding counties. The property formerly housed
                   the International Steel Company and Sterling Boiler.
                   Soil and groundwater are contaminated with
                   chlorinated solvents and metals from the former uses.

                   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 5 Brownfields Team
                   (312)886-7576
                   EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: Enterprise Zone Education and
                   Training Center Corporation,IN
                   (812)868-0709

                   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-10-202
        May 10

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