Brownfields  2009 Revolving  Loan Fund Grant
               Fact Sheet
              Emeryville,  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 City of Emeryville was selected to receive a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Located in the
heart of the San Francisco Bay Area, Emeryville
(population 10,000) is a historically industrial area that
has rapidly redeveloped into a commercial and residential
community. Four freeways and two state highways
converge in Emeryville, which is bisected by the Union
Pacific Railroad. The city has a diverse population, and its
population growth is expected to increase at more than
twice the rate of Alameda County. The city's poverty rate
is 13 percent, and at least 19 percent of residents are
African-American. The city has insufficient park and
recreational facilities. Brownfields efforts will focus on
sites east of the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and on
housing projects. When brownfields are cleaned up
through the RLF grant, the city plans to redevelop them
for residential projects and open space. New open space
is expected to  stimulate additional redevelopment.
                     Revolving Loan Fund Grant

                     $1,000,000 for hazardous substances
                     EPA has selected the City of Emeryville for a
                     brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
                     will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
                     from which the City of Emeryville will provide
                     loans to support cleanup activities for sites
                     contaminated with hazardous substances.
                     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/bro  wnfields)

                     Grant Recipient: City of Emeryville,CA
                     (510)596-4356

                     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-09-029
      May 2009

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