^    Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
               Jersey City, 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 Jersey City was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Jersey City (population
241,789) is located along the west bank of the Hudson
River across from New York City. The city's numerous
brownfield sites are remnants of a once thriving and
extensive manufacturing and shipping center. The Morris
Canal, located near the targeted Berry Lane Park site, was
built to connect the New York metropolitan area with the
northern Delaware River. The unemployment rate in the
neighborhood where the site is located is higher than the
national average, and the per capita and median
household incomes are lower than the national averages.
Cleanup of the Berry Lane Park property will help reduce
the threat of exposure  to contamination, and help Jersey
City move forward with its plans to add needed
recreational and open  space in this densely populated city.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the City of Jersey City for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the Berry
                     Lane Park site at 125 Woodward Street. This
                     2.2-acre site was used for engine recycling and
                     used car sales. Site soil is contaminated with
                     polyaromatic hydrocarbons, PCBs, and metals.
                     Groundwater is contaminated with PCBs and
                     metals. 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 Jersey City,NJ
                     (201) 547-5604

                     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)
E PA 560-F-128-021
       May 2011

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