Brownfields 2003  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. 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.

Community Description

The Portland Development Commission was selected to
receive a  cleanup grant. The commission has targeted
the Grant Warehouse site in the Eliot neighborhood.
The Eliot neighborhood contains Portland's highest
density minority population. Its residents have a
median income 60 percent lower than the county
average. Now  vacant, the Grant Warehouse site has
been used for meat packing, auto repair, metals
reclamation, and warehousing. Cleanup and reuse of the
site will spur economic activity in a core commercial
corridor; support local development plans; transform a
nuisance site into needed parking, commercial space,
and multifamily housing; and facilitate redevelopment
of an adjoining site to the south. The neighborhood
groups in the area, including the Environmental Justice
Action Group  and Eliot Neighborhood Association, will
be involved throughout the project.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Portland Development
                   Commission for a cleanup grant. The cleanup grant
                   will target the Northeast Portland Brownfield
                   Opportunity Site, commonly known as the Grant
                   Warehouse, which recently was zoned for residential
                   reuse. Heavy metals, petroleum, and polychlorinated
                   biphenyls (PCBs) are among the environmental
                   contaminants found at the site.

                   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 Comm.,OR
                   (503)823-3243

                   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)
EPA500-F-03-163
        Jun 03

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