Brownfields 2010  Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
    ™          Columbiana County Port Authority, OH
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 Columbiana County Port Authority was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant. Located on the
eastern edge of Ohio bordering Pennsylvania,
Columbiana County (population 110,542) is a historical
manufacturing area that once was rich in natural
resources, including coal, clay, and timber. The county
has a 150-year history of manufacturing pottery, brick,
and tile products. Many vacant industrial sites are located
along the  Ohio River or its tributaries, posing potential
threats to  regional water quality. The county has been
seriously impacted by the closing of steel mills and the
reduction in mining during recent years. The
unemployment rate reached 14.2 percent in July 2009.
Brownfield assessments will help the county identify sites
that pose potential threats to humans and the environment,
and are expected to help it move forward with site
cleanup and redevelopment.
                     Assessment Grant

                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the Columbiana County Port
                     Authority for a brownfields assessment grant.
                     Community-wide petroleum grant funds will be
                     used to update the county"s inventory of
                     brownfield sites and conduct up to five Phase I
                     and three or four Phase II environmental site
                     assessments. Grant funds also will be used for
                     cleanup planning and community outreach
                     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 5 Brownfields Team
                     (312)886-7576
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                     Grant Recipient: Columbiana County Port
                     Authority,OH
                     (330)386-9051

                     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)
EPA560-F-10-196
      April 2010

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