Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
               Miami, FL
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 Miami was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Miami (population 352,064) is located on
the southeastern Florida coast. The site targeted for
cleanup is in the Liberty City neighborhood. Liberty City
is Miami"s largest African-American neighborhood. The
neighborhood"s population has continuously declined
since 1980, and 45 percent of residents live in poverty.
This area has 25 known brownfield sites, most of which
are petroleum-related. There also are dry cleaners and
maintenance facilities. The targeted former gas station is
located on the neighborhood"s main thoroughfare, Martin
Luther King Boulevard, and has high redevelopment
potential. Cleanup of the site will enable the city to reuse
the site as part of the community-based Business
Development Corridor plans for Martin Luther King
Boulevard.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the City of Miami for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
                     will be used to clean up the former Shamrock Gas
                     Station site at 6200 NW 17th Avenue. The former
                     gas station operated on the site for 40 years until
                     abandoned in the mid-1980s. Subsurface soil and
                     groundwater are contaminated with petroleum
                     products from a spill of approximately 200 gallons
                     that occurred during underground storage tank
                     removal. Grant funds also will be used to 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 4 Brownfields Team
                     (404) 562-8792
                     EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)

                     Grant Recipient: City of Miami,FL
                     (305)416-1453

                     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-10-072
      April 2010

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