Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
    ™          Sa/7 D/ego Redevelopment Agency, CA
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 City of San Diego Redevelopment Agency was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
Located in southern California, San Diego (population
1,279,329), is the second largest city in the state. The
target areas are in the City Heights and Central Imperial
Redevelopment Project Areas (population 102,225),
which encompass about 2,564 acres. Many facilities in
the target area are reported to have had hazardous
substances or petroleum releases as a result of
commercial and industrial development that occurred in
the first half of the 20th century. The target areas
developed along former major commercial corridors
that declined as the city expanded into greenspace. In
City Heights, 53 percent of residents are Hispanic, and
in the Central Imperial area, 79 percent of residents are
Hispanic. The target areas and surrounding
neighborhoods are the most deeply affected by
foreclosure activity in the city. Brownfield assessments
will generate critical information needed to clean up
sites and identify feasible land uses for the properties.
                   Assessment Grants

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances
                   $200,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of San Diego
                   Redevelopment Agency for two brownfields
                   assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                   substances grant funds will be used to inventory and
                   prioritize sites and conduct 12 to 15 Phase I and four
                   or five Phase II environmental site assessments.
                   Grant funds also will be used for cleanup planning
                   and community outreach activities. Petroleum grant
                   funds will be used to perform the same tasks at sites
                   with potential petroleum contamination.

                   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
                   (213)244-1821
                   EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: City of San Diego Redevelopment
                   Agency,CA
                   619-236-6267

                   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)
EPA560-F-10-169
        Apr 10

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