Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Newark, NJ
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 Newark was selected to receive three
brownfields cleanup grants. Newark (population 264,128)
was historically one of the most important industrial and
manufacturing centers of the country. Factories took
advantage of easy access to resources made available by
rail lines and ports, and used the Passaic River to generate
power and obtain water for manufacturing. As these
industries declined in the post-war era, the city was left
with large numbers of contaminated, unproductive sites,
including an estimated 700 acres of brownfields. These
former industrial facilities blight the community and pose
potential health risks. Approximately 73.7 percent of city
residents are minorities. When Lots 63 and 64 of the
former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company site are cleaned
up, they are expected to be redeveloped into a clothing
manufacturing facility that will relocate within the
Greater Riverside Industrial Park. When the former
Synfax Manufacturing site is cleaned up, it is expected to
be redeveloped as the relocation site for a wooden pallet
manufacturer and recycler. Cleanup of the target sites is
expected to retain jobs held by city residents and continue
smart growth development in the city.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Newark for three
brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up Lot 63 of the
former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company site at
1700-1712 McCarter Highway Rear, Lot 64 of the
former Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company site at
1702-1716 McCarter Highway Rear, and the
former Synfax Manufacturing site at 441-459
Avenue P. The .5-acre Lot 63 and .9-acre Lot 64
sites have been in industrial use since the early
20th century, and are contaminated with solvents
and volatile organic compounds. The 2.8-acre
former Synfax Manufacturing site has been an
unregulated dumping site, a manufacturing facility
for toner and printing inks, and an aboveground
storage tank farm. It is contaminated with
solvents, volatile organic compounds, and PCBs.
Grant funds for Lot 63 will be used to install three
groundwater sampling wells. Grant funds for Lot
64 will be used to remove up to 10 underground
storage tanks. Grant funds for the Synfax
Manufacturing site will be used to install five
groundwater sampling wells. Grant funds also will
be used to conduct 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 2 Brownfields Team
(212) 637-3260
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region2/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Newark, New Jersey
973-733-6575
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-10-041
April 2010
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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-10-041
April 2010
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