Brownfields 2014 Cleanup Grant Fact  Sheet
   ™         Camden Redevelopment Agency, 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.
                    Cleanup Grants

                    $600,000 for hazardous substances

                    EPA has selected the Camden Redevelopment
                    Agency for three brownfields cleanup grants.
                    Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                    clean up Lots  10, 11, and 12 of the Harrison
                    Avenue Landfill located on the corner of East
                    State Street and Harrison Avenue. The property
                    was operated by the City of Camden as a dump
                    from 1952 to 1971. Illegal dumping reportedly
                    continued at the property for many years after the
                    site was closed. The three cleanup sites are
                    contaminated with volatile organic compounds
                    and dieldrin. Grant funds also will be used to
                    develop a waterfront habitat cleanup plan and
                    conduct community engagement 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 2 Brownfields Team
                                                     (212) 637-3260
                                                     EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
                                                     (http://www.epa.gov/region2/bro wnfields)

                                                     Grant Recipient:  Camden Redevelopment
                                                     Agency ,NJ
                                                     856-757-7313

                                                     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-14-045
      May 2014

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