\ Brownfields 2013 Area-Wide Planning Grant
Fact Sheet
Cumberland County Redevelopment Authority, PA
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 clean up and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, and job
training. Additional funding support is provided to state
and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding to
local brownfields challenges, particularly where
multiple brownfield sites are in close proximity,
connected by infrastructure, and limit the
economic, environmental and social prosperity
of their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance programs by
providing grant funding to communities so they
can perform the research needed to develop an
area-wide plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and reuse. The
resulting area-wide plans provide direction for
future brownfields area improvements that are
protective of public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area. Recipients
selected under this program will receive up to
$200,000 in EPA grant funding.
Project Description
$200,000
EPA has selected the Cumberland County
Redevelopment Authority (CCRA) as a
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning grant recipient.
Recent closure of several of the area's long-time
industrial employers in the urbanized areas of
Carlisle Borough and North Middleton Township
has resulted in several manufacturing brownfields
located in close proximity to one another. Through
this project, the CCRA will work with the
Carlisle/North Middleton/Cumberland community
to develop a plan and implementation strategy for
area-wide cleanup and redevelopment of these
brownfields areas, building on an emerging vision
for establishing a regional tourist destination,
hotel, restaurant, and commercial revitalization, as
well as residential and recreational end-uses. Key
partners are Cumberland County, the Borough of
Carlisle, North Middleton Township,
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Protection, and various other community,
business, and nonprofit organizations.
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 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3246
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr/)
Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Authority of the
County of Cumberland,PA
717-249-0789 ext 162
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-13-024
April 2013
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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-13-024
April 2013
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