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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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