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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Oakland, CA
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. Abrownfield 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 Oakland was selected to receive assess-
ment and cleanup grants. Oakland is an Enhanced
Enterprise Community (EEC) and contains three
designated EEC areas, all of which will benefit from
the assessment and cleanup projects. For the past
decade, the City of Oakland has pursued revitalization
of the blighted and underutilized Uptown Area adjacent
to its central business district. The target area will be
redeveloped into housing, parking, retail areas, and a
park. The population surrounding the site is approxi-
mately 80 percent minority, and 78 percent of house-
holds have annual incomes of less than $25,000. The
City of Oakland will convene public hearings and
meetings to discuss the findings of the site assessment
and to educate the community about the cleanup
process.
Assessment Grant
A2003
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Oakland for a
brownfields assessment grant. The city will use
grant funds to assess the Uptown Area site.
Specifically, the site will be investigated for soil
contamination by lead, groundwater contamina-
tion by chlorinated solvents, and the presence of
asbestos and lead-based paint in existing site
structures. The Uptown Area site consists of 56
individual land parcels spanning three city blogks.
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Cleanup Grant
2002£l
$200,000 for hazardous substances*™*
EPA has selected the City of Oakland for a
brownfields cleanup grant. The city will use grant
funds to clean up a portion of the Uptown Area
site. The site is bounded by 18th Street, Thomas
L. Berkley Way, Telegraph Avenue, and San
Pablo Avenue. Grant funds will be used to clean
up lead-contaminated soil and to remove asbes-
tos and lead-based paint from existing structures.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: City of Oakland, CA
510-238-7314
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the City
of Oakland 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-03-152
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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