Brownfields  2012 Multi-Purpose Grant  Fact
               Sheet
               Newark,  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: City of Newark, New Jersey
973-733-6575

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.
                     Multi-Purpose Pilot Grant

                     $550,000 for hazardous substances
                     ($350,000 for assessment; $200,000 for
                     cleanup)

                     EPA has selected the City of Newark for a
                     brownfields multi-purpose pilot grant. Hazardous
                     substances grant funds will be used to assess and
                     clean up the Mt. Pleasant site located at 2-24
                     Mount Pleasant Avenue. From approximately
                     1931 to 1972, the site was used as a
                     manufacturing and research facility. From 1972
                     until 1994, the site was used as a school annex.
                     Assessment grant funds will be used to conduct an
                     expanded site investigation and a remedial
                     investigation, develop a cleanup plan for the site,
                     and conduct community involvement activities.
                     Cleanup grant funds will be used to clean up the
                     soil at the site and to manage the cleanup program.
                     The site is expected to be reused for urban
                     agriculture activities.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA-560-F-12-159
      May 2012

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