^    Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
    ™          Broome County, NY
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

Broome County was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Broome County (population 195,018) is in
southwestern New York. The county has a database of
more than 90 brownfield sites, most of which are
shuttered former factories. The target site occupies about
one acre in the Village of Endicott. Prior assessments
indicate that trichloroethylene contamination at the site
has contributed to contamination of nearby properties.
Since peaking in the 1970s, the populations of Broome
County and the Village of Endicott have declined
significantly. This decline has been the result of a
dramatic drop in manufacturing employment, which also
led to an increase in abandoned and underused properties.
Between 1990 and 2008, the county lost about 16,300
manufacturing jobs, and the poverty level doubled.  Once
the target site is cleaned up, the current tenant at the site is
prepared to acquire the property for a cabinetmaking
business that will generate property tax revenues for the
village.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $131,666 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected Broome County for a
                     brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
                     grant funds will be used to clean up the 312 Maple
                     Street site in the Village of Endicott. From the
                     1920s to the 1990s, the site was used to
                     manufacture shoes and circuit boards, store coal,
                     and conduct metal finishing operations. The site is
                     contaminated with trichloroethylene. Cleanup
                     activities will include groundwater treatment and
                     excavation, and off-site disposal of subsurface soil.
                     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: Broome County,NY
                     (607) 778-2414

                     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)
EPA 560-F-10-044
      April 2010

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