Brownfields  2013 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.
                     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 15 and
                     Lot 53 of the former Orbis Site located at 55
                     Virginia Street, and Lots 41 and 43 of the former
                     Orbis Products Corporation Facility located at
                     47-63 McClellan Street. The site is an inactive
                     chemical manufacturing facility that has been
                     abandoned since at least 1996. The soil and
                     groundwater are contaminated with volatile and
                     semi-volatile contaminants and hazardous waste.
                     Grant funds also will be used to support
                     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 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

                                                      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-13-084
      May 2013

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