Brownfields 2011 Revolving Loan Fund Grant
Fact Sheet
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Brea Redevelopment Agency, CA
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 Brea Redevelopment Agency was selected to receive
a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The City of Brea
(population 40,377) is one of the oldest cities in Orange
County. It began as a center of crude oil production in the
19th century. The city developed around businesses and
small industries serving the oil field workers and their
families. The Pacific Electric Railway stopped in Brea on
its way between Los Angeles and Yorba Linda until 1938.
Although the passenger line has not been used in over 50
years, Union Pacific Railroad used the rail corridor for
transportation of goods as recently as 2007. The target
areas are the Brea/Lambert neighborhood, Bandera
Estates neighborhood, and Neighborhood Enhancement
Area #4. These areas have higher rates of poverty and
low-income households than the city as a whole.
Brownfield cleanups funded through the RLF grant are
expected to catalyze redevelopment, including The Tracks
at Brea project, which is planned to be a city-wide trail
for recreational and transportation purposes.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Brea Redevelopment
Agency for a brownfields revolving loan fund
grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Brea
Redevelopment Agency will provide loans to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated
with hazardous substances. Grant funds will be
used to process one or two loans per year. Grant
funds will also be used for marketing, community
involvement activities, and oversight of the
program.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3364
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Brea Redevelopment Agency,CA
(714) 671-4403
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-128-118
May 2011
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