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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
San Francisco Bay
Area Rapid Transit,
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. Addition-
ally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit District
was selected to receive a cleanup grant. The city has
targeted a brownfield in the Fruitvale District of
Oakland, a disadvantaged area of 56,000 residents with
a minority population of 92 percent. More than a third
of Fruitvale District residents live in poverty. Cleanup
and redevelopment of the brownfield will lead to
construction of an indoor public market and mixed-
income residential dwellings, which will complete the
master plan for the Fruitvale Transit Village and offer
minority residents an opportunity for home ownership.
A community-based, collaborative approach to encour-
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the San Francisco Bay Area
Rapid Transit for a cleanup grant. Grant funds
will be used to conduct cleanup activities at the 4-
acre Fruitvale Transit Village site in the 3500 and
3600 blocks of East 12th Street in Oakland. Petro-
leum hydrocarbons have been detected at the site,
which appears to have several underground storage
tanks. While the site is currently a paved parking
lot, it has been the location of a variety of auto
service and sales related businesses.
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: San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit, CA
510-464-6000
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the San
Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit 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.
age active involvement by the under-served commu-
nity will be expanded to include more residents and
neighborhood groups.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-180
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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