HI
                            C3
 Brownfields  2003

 Grant Fact  Sheet

      Jacksonville, FL



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 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Jacksonville was selected to receive an
assessment grant. The city is focusing on two areas
comprising about 20 square  miles within Jacksonville's
federally designated Empowerment Zone and state-
designated Brownfields Redevelopment Area. Both of
these areas have been identified in the city's Down-
town Master Plan as greenway corridors linking
neighborhoods with the downtown and the St. John's
River, a federally designated American Heritage River.
The 50,000 residents of the target areas are  predomi-
nately low-income minorities. Average unemployment
in the targeted areas is over 12 percent, and about 37
percent of residents live below the poverty line.
Historical land use in these  areas has been commercial
and industrial, including a former incinerator facility.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Jacksonville for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city has
targeted two urban watersheds and community
redevelopment areas for assessment with this
grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct area-
wide site assessments to identify sites with
potential contamination issues and to prioritize
sites with redevelopment potential for Phase II
site assessments. In addition, grant funds will be
used to refine and update the brownfields
inventory in Jacksonville's geographical informa-
tion system (GIS).
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8661
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm

Grant Recipient: City of Jacksonville, FL
904-630-2304

Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Jacksonville has received brownfields funding for
assessment and revolving loan fund grants.

The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                      EPA500-F-03-111
                      June 2003
                      www.epa.gov/brownfields

-------