United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105)
EPA 500-F-01-236
April 2001
www.epa.gov/brownfields/
<>EPA Brownfields Cleanup
Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
Lynwood, CA
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 $250,000 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, brownfields cleanup revolving
loan fund (BCRLF) programs (each funded up to $1,000,000 over five years), to provide financial assistance 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
The City of Lynwood has a population of 62,000 and is
located in the southern part of Los Angeles County.
Lynwood is one of the most economically depressed
areas of Southern California, with poverty and
unemployment rates at more than twice the national
average. The per-capita income in 1990 was half the
national average. The city is plagued by a high
incidence of crime, drug use, and teen pregnancy.
Approximately 40% of the city is located within the
County of Los Angeles-designated Enterprise Zone. The
City was awarded an EPA Brownfields Assessment
Demonstration Pilot Program grant in 1999.
BCRLF OBJECTIVES
The City of Lynwood is seeking to bring its brownfields
back into productive use. The City will assist efforts to
identify and assess contaminated sites and encourage
site redevelopment. Lynwood's BCRLF program will
provide critical funding for the cleanup of participating
sites.
The City has identified four sites as potential BCRLF
loan recipients: (1) The Marketplace Project will clean
up a 13-acre site that is located between two
developments, (2) Michael's Furniture Manufac-
PILOT SNAPSHOT
Lynwood, CA
Contacts:
Lynwood Community
Development Department
(310)-603-0220
Date of Announcement:
April 2001
Amount: $1.0 million
BCRLF Target Area:
Four sites within the City of
Lynwood
Region 9 Brownfields
Coordinator
(415)744-2237
Visit the EPA Region 9 Brownfields web site at:
www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/index.html
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:
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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taring plans to expand into an adjacent vacant site that
requires cleanup, (3) the Alameda/Imperial/ Fernwood
Triangle project requires cleanup of a 13-acre former
junkyard before redevelopment as a retail center and
daycare facility can begin, and (4) the Long Beach
Boulevard Retail Site project requires cleanup before
the 60,000 square-foot lot can be developed for
neighborhood retailers. These projects have already
attracted a total of $47 million in private financing, and
potential BCRLF borrowers have been identified.
FUND STRUCTURE AND OPERATIONS
The City of Lynwood's Community Development
Department will serve as the lead agency. The City is
reviewing options for site manager, including the State
Department of Toxic Substances Control, the Regional
Water Quality Control Board, or a City employee.
Selection will be based on the level and type of
contamination identified at the primary project sites.
Lynwood's Director of Finance will serve as the fund
manager, with assistance and cooperation provided by
the City's Community Development Department and
the City Attorney's office.
LEVERAGING OTHER RESOURCES
Leveraging private sector funding will be key to the
success of the BCRLF program. Anticipated private
financing for the four sites totals nearly $47 million.
Complementary government funding sources include
the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development Brownfields Economic Development
Initiative and Community Development Block
Grants, Section 108 loan funds, and City
Redevelopment Agency tax increment financing.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of
funding also apply to BCRLF funds.
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
April 2001
Lynwood, CA
EPA 500-F-01-236
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