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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Nassau County, NY
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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 con-
taminant. 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
Nassau County was selected to receive assessment and
revolving loan fund grants. Nassau County (population
1,300,000) is located on the south side of Long Island
Sound. The county is the second largest county in the
state and contains over 3,600 brownfields. Most of
these brownfields are located in downtown areas where
low-income populations tend to live and in commercial
corridors that are littered with abandoned and underused
facilities. The county is focusing its assessment grant on
two low-income and predominantly minority communi-
ties—the Village of Hempstead and the Hamlet of
Roosevelt. Both communities suffer from health and
social problems caused by abandoned and deteriorating
brownfields. Nassau County plans to redevelop sites in
these small communities based on the principles of
sustainable development. The county, community
stakeholders, and the development community will
identify sites to be cleaned up with the revolving loan
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Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Nassau County for a brownfields
assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
conduct Phase I assessments at sites in the Village
of Hempstead and the Hamlet of Roosevelt. Grant
funds also will be used to conduct four Phase II
assessments at sites to be selected based on the
results of the Phase I assessments.
Revolving Load Fund
Grant
$700,000 for hazardous substances
$300,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Nassau County for a brownfields
revolving loan fund grant. The grant will be used to
capitalize a revolving loan fund from which Nassau
County will provide loans and subgrants to conduct
cleanup activities. The county, which contains over
3,600 brownfields, will use a community-based
process to select sites. Sites throughout the county
contaminated by hazardous substances and petro-
leum will be considered.
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 at:
www.epa.gov/brownfields.
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/
brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Nassau County, NY
516-571-3131
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, Nassau
County has not received brownfields grant funding.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
fund grant based on redevelopment potential and sustain-
able development principles.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 500-03-142
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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