Brownfields  2010 Assessment  Grant Fact  Sheet
               Woodlawn,  OH
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 Village of Woodlawn was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Woodlawn (population
2,860) is an industrial community located in the Mill
Creek Valley corridor of Hamilton County. Within the
village"s industrial corridor, there are many companies
that handle or have handled chemicals and other
hazardous substances. Some companies have gone out of
business, leaving behind abandoned and contaminated
properties. The village"s main source of revenue is tax
revenues primarily from the commercial business and
industry sectors. Job losses in these sectors have adversely
affected the economy, and the village"s unemployment
rate is higher than the county rate. The village has
developed a Master Plan that features a brownfields
redevelopment initiative. Brownfield assessments are
expected to help implement the Master Plan, which will
encourage cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields.
                     Assessment Grant $200,000 for hazardous
                     substances
                     EPA has selected the Village of Woodlawn for a
                     brownfields assessment grant. Community-wide
                     hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                     conduct between eight and 12 Phase I and between
                     four and six Phase II environmental site
                     assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                     support community outreach 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 5 Brownfields Team
                     (312)886-7576
                     EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)

                     Grant Recipient: Village of Woodlawn,OH
                     513-771-4143

                     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-10-128
      April 2010

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