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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. On
February  17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.

Community Description

The Riverside  County Redevelopment Agency was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
Agency will clean up a site in Romoland (population
2,764), which was founded in 1889. The community's
early employment concentrated around a vineyard and
orange groves, where petroleum- and metals-based
pesticides were initially used. Chlorinated pesticides were
then used from the 1950s to 1970s. The community,
which emerged from this former rural landscape, has
older commercial properties and lower-income housing.
Today, the community's unemployment rate is 10.1
percent, and almost 46 percent of residents are minorities.
Its growing housing and commercial atmosphere and
proximity to recreational opportunities provide potential
for successful redevelopment. When the target site is
cleaned up, the Agency plans to redevelop it for retail,
restaurant, or hotel space. Redevelopment is expected to
create jobs, strengthen the tax base, and complement other
redevelopment in the community.
                                                    Cleanup Grant

                                                    $200,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
                                                    Funding)
                                                    EPA has selected the Riverside County
                                                    Redevelopment Agency for a brownfields cleanup
                                                    grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to clean
                                                    up the Trumble Road and Highway 74 site at
                                                    25351 Trumble Road in Romoland. The four-acre
                                                    site was formerly used as a car dealership  and for
                                                    trailer storage. It is contaminated with petroleum
                                                    hydrocarbons associated with hydraulic lifts and
                                                    trenches, and above-ground storage tanks. Grant
                                                    funds also will be used to implement institutional
                                                    controls and support community involvement
                                                    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 9 Brownfields Team
                                                    (415) 972-3091
                                                    EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                                                    (http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)

                                                    Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Agency for the
                                                    County of Riverside,CA
                                                    (951)955-2065

                                                    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-09-197
      May 2009

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