United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
EPA 500-F-00-033
April 2000
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
<&EPA BrownfieldsSupplemental
Assistance
Miami-Dade County, FL
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND
EPA awarded Miami-Dade County supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. Dade County is alarge urbanized
area situated between two national parks and above
a sole source aquifer. It is also within the area
targeted for redevelopment as part of the state's
"Eastward Ho!" initiative. Miami-Dade County's
urban expansion into "greenfields" has left older,
potentially contaminated commercial and industrial
sites in the urban core vacant. The ability of many
small service and industrial businesses to pay for site
cleanup is very limited. As in many cities, actual or
perceived contamination of inner city sites has
contributed to the economic decline of these areas.
Miami-Dade County targeted the Poinciana Industrial
Center (PIC), a 30-acre county-owned property
(comprised of sixteen tracts) formerly used for various
industrial and commercial purposes. Because PIC
and its surrounding area hold tremendous potential for
growth and contribution to the economic infrastructure
of the local community, the county made a commitment
to its regeneration. The site is located within a federal
Community Development Block Grant target area
and is adjacentto apublic housing development. Area
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Miami-Dade County,
Florida
Date of Announcement:
March 2000
Amount: $65,000
Profile: The Pilot targets
the Poinciana Industrial
Center, a 30-acre, county-
owned property formerly
used for various industrial
and commercial purposes.
Contacts:
Miami-Dade County
(305)372-6766
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 4
(404)562-8661
Visit the EPA Region 4 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region4/wastepgs/brownfpgs/bf.htm
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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residents are low-income minorities experiencing high
levels of under-employment and unemployment.
Previous community involvement in similar efforts
indicate s a high probability of community support for
the pilot.
OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES
Miami-Bade County's goal is to develop incentives
and procedures to encourage private-sector
redevelopment throughout the county, using the
Poinciana Industrial Center (PIC) as an example
upon which to build a comprehensive brownfields
plan. The Pilot will use the supplemental assistance
to continue addressing legal, financial, technical, and
community involvement issues at PIC, and then to
identify future brownfields sites to target for
assessment, cleanup, and redevelopment.
To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:
• Perform assessment work and plan cleanup
strategies on the remaining PIC sites;
• Create a cleanup plan forthe groundwater pesticide
plume;
• Plan and implement an outreach program to involve
and educate residents near the PIC; and
• Investigate other potential brownfields for cleanup
and redevelopment.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this factsheetare subject to change.
Brownfields Supplemental Assistance Miami-Dade County, Florida
April 2000 EPA 500-F-00-033
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