I JBt? | Brownfields 2004 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet York County, 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. 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 York County was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. About 30,000 of York County's 386,229 residents live in the Codorous Creek Redevelopment Corridor target area. The area has a 49 percent minority population. Its 29 percent poverty rate is more than four times the poverty rate for York County as a whole. The Redevelopment Authority of the County of York is undertaking a comprehensive study of the corridor. It plans to use the assessment grant funds to complete the environmental portion of the study, which will require examining specific properties. The properties chosen will complement proposed and potential redevelopment efforts, which include expanding greenspace and parks. Assessment Grant $200,000 for hazardous substances $150,000 for petroleum EPA has selected York County for a brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will both be used to conduct site inventory and outreach efforts, develop a strategic plan for addressing brownfields sites within the Codorous Creek Redevelopment Corridor, and perform approximately 20 Phase I site assessments (which include both hazardous substances and petroleum sites). Based on the results of the Phase I assessments, funds also will be used to conduct approximately five Phase II assessments. 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)814-3129 EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site (http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr) Grant Recipient: Redevelopment Authority of the County of York,PA (717) 846-8310 ext 3029 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 c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 560-F-04-227 Protection Agency Response (5105T) June 2004 Washington, DC 20450 Kesponse (si us ) ------- |