Brownfields 2012  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.

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/brownfields)

Grant Recipient: City of Newark, New Jersey

Cleanup Grant:
973-733-6575

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.
                     Cleanup Grants

                     $400,000 for hazardous substances

                     $200,000 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the City of Newark for three
                     brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                     Stacor site at 275-297 Emmett Street and the
                     Empire Street  site at 61-77 Empire Street. From
                     the early 1900s to the late 1990s, the 2.6-acre
                     former Stacor  site was used for various industrial
                     operations, including metal works and metal
                     products manufacturing. Site investigations have
                     revealed widespread soil contamination, including
                     semi-volatile organic compounds, metals, and
                     PCBs. The 1.4-acre Empire Street site was
                     developed in 1931 and foreclosed on in 1996. The
                     site was used for a variety of activities, including
                     the manufacture of electrical meters and
                     production of additives for the printing and paper
                     coating industries. Two 10-foot-in-diameter
                     aboveground storage tanks and 150 drums are
                     located on the  site. Area soil is contaminated with
                     metals and polyaromatic hydrocarbons. Petroleum
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the former
                     Northern New Jersey Oil, Lot 12, South Yard site
                     located at 2052-2070 McCarter Highway. Since at
                     least 1930, this one-acre parcel was used for
                     wholesale distribution of petroleum products and
                     later for auto repair and storage.  The currently
                     unused site contains three aboveground petroleum
                     tanks, associated product-transfer piping, and
                     several unlabeled 55-gallon drums.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-055
      May 2012

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