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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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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
Creighton University (9,900 combined population) was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
108-acre university campus is located at the heart of the
City of Omaha. The target site, the former Moreco
Plating Company site, is on the eastern edge of the
campus, in an economically distressed area of North
Downtown Omaha. The average per capita income in
the area around the site is $9,204, and the poverty rate is
41 percent. Soil and groundwater contamination at the
site poses a health risk to area residents. Site cleanup
will reduce threats to human health and the
environment and catalyze a campus expansion that is
expected to encourage additional investment. Cleanup
and reuse of the site will create temporary cleanup jobs
and encourage long-term job growth by contributing to
the creation of a mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented district
in the North Downtown area.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Creighton University for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up heavy metal
contamination on the former Moreco Plating
Company site located at 1608 Webster Street in
Omaha. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
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 7 Brownfields Team
(800) 223-0425
EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)
Grant Recipient: Creighton University,NE
(402) 546-6269
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.
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