} Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
~ Huntington Park Community Development Commission, CA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders 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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. Under this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Huntington Park Community Development
Commission was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Huntington Park (population 70,562) is
located about six miles southeast of downtown Los
Angeles. More than 96 percent of residents are
Hispanic or Latino, and median and per capita income
levels are well below those of Los Angeles County.
About 23 percent of residents live below the poverty
level. The city grew with the expansion of industrial
activity in the Alameda Corridor and the intense
demand for housing following World War II. With the
downturn and relocation of the region's employment
base, including General Motors, Firestone Tire and
Rubber, and U.S. Steel, economic conditions declined.
Cleanup of the former steel site will help reduce
potential health risks to area residents. Once the site is
cleaned up, the Commission plans to create a greenway
along the Alameda Street right-of-way and redevelop
the site into a commercial or retail center that is
expected to generate about 200 new jobs.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Huntington Park Community
Development Commission for a brownfields cleanup
grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be used
to clean up the four-acre former Southland Steel site
located at 5959 to 6169 Alameda Street. The site
was occupied at various times by a fertilizer
manufacturing facility, a railroad spur, and a steel
manufacturing facility. Contaminants of concern
include solvents, metals, and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be used to install
engineering controls, complete institutional controls,
and support community involvement activities.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
(415) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Community Development
Commission of the City of Huntington Park,CA
(323)584-6267
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-237
May 09
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