\ Brownfields 2012 Assessment, Cleanup and
Revolving Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
jersey City Redevelopment Agency, 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: Jersey City Redevelopment Agency, NJ
Assessment Grant:
(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.
Assessment Grant
$350,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jersey City Redevelopment
Agency for a brownfields assessment grant.
Site-specific hazardous substances grant funds will
be used to conduct four Phase I and four Phase II
environmental site assessments at the Grand Jersey
Brownfield Development Area site on Jersey
Avenue and Aetna Street. The area was once part
of the former Communipaw Bay. After the area
was backfilled, it was used as a railyard, a metal
smelter and reclamation facility, a paper recycling
center, a manufacturing facility for waterproofing
and insulating materials, and a transformer
recommissioning facility. Grant funds also will be
used to prepare cleanup plans and conduct
community outreach activities.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jersey City Redevelopment
Agency for two brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up two sites located at 441 and 443 Ocean
Avenue. Both sites were developed between 1898
and 1912 for mixed residential and retail use. The
sites were vacated and all structures were
demolished in 1988. The sites contain historic fill
contaminated with metals and polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons, and soil and groundwater
contaminated with perchloroethylene. Grant funds
also will be used to conduct community outreach
activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$650,000 for hazardous substances
$2 78,090 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Jersey City Redevelopment
Agency for a brownfields revolving loan fund
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-054
May 2012
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grant. The grant will be used to capitalize a
revolving loan fund from which the Jersey City
Redevelopment Agency will provide loans and
subgrants to support cleanup activities for sites
contaminated with hazardous substances and
petroleum. Grant funds also will be used for
community outreach activities and marketing. The
Redevelopment Agency plans to underwrite four
hazardous substances and five petroleum loans,
and three hazardous substances and five petroleum
subgrants.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-054
May 2012
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