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Brownfields 1997 Revolving Loan Fund Pilot
Fact Sheet
Cuyahoga County, OH
EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
The City of Cleveland and the surrounding Cuyahoga
county have seen an exodus of middle-income families
since the 1950s. As the City's traditional manufacturing
base has declined, poverty, unemployment and
abandoned industrial facilities have taken root in what is
considered the "inner ring" of Cleveland suburbs.
Cuyahoga County received a U.S. EPA Assessment
Demonstration pilot in 1994 and was awarded a
Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan Fund (BCRLF)
pilot in May 1999. The MidTown Corridor, composed of
18 suburbs adjacent to the City of Cleveland, is the focus
of the County's BCRLF. The poverty rate within this area
is 58%, with a 99% rate for minority populations.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 10/01/2001
Amount: $315,000
Profile: The Cuyahoga County Planning
Commission is making a $315,000 loan to the
Cuyahoga County Board of Commissioners.
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 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Cuyahoga County, OH
U.S. EPA OSWER Outreach and Special Projects
Staff
(202) 260-4039
Cuyahoga County Planning Commission
(216)443-3700 "
Activities
The Cuyahoga County Planning Commission (CPC)
will act as Fund Manager. The county will partner with
the Ohio EPA to perform Site Manager duties.
Cuyahoga County will identify projects through its
Brownfields Working Group and through public-private
and community-wide partnerships. The CPC will
evaluate projects based on their impact to the
community, project costs, and the borrower's ability to
make loan repayments. The CPC will identify from one
to six projects for cleanup and reuse within the target
area for the initial round of loans.
The county has a U.S. Economic Development
Administration Revolving Loan Fund, U.S. Housing and
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Urban Development Section 108 funds, and Industrial
Development Bonds that can be leveraged with the
BCRLF.
Use of BCRLF Pilot funds must be in accordance with
CERCLA, and all CERCLA restrictions on use of
funding also apply to BCRLF funds.
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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Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
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EPA Brownfields Initiative
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.
Background
Since the 1950s, Cleveland, which lies in Cuyahoga
County, has seen an exodus of middle-income families,
and by 1960 it was experiencing a rapid loss of its
manufacturing base. As the traditional economic base
and local jobs began migrating out of the city, poverty,
unemployment, and abandoned industrial facilities began
to take root in what is considered the "inner ring" of
Cleveland suburbs-a group of 18 inner-suburban
communities that all share a contiguous border with the
city.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 09/30/1997
Amount: $350,000
Profile: Sites in the urban core of Cleveland and its
18 adjacent suburbs.
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 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Cuyahoga County,OH
(216) 443-3700
Objectives
The goal of the Cuyahoga County BCRLF Pilot
program is to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites in
Cleveland and its 18 adjacent suburbs, including the
MidTown Corridor, and to foster the sites' return to
productive use. The county anticipates that redeveloped
brownfields will bring new or expanded businesses to
the county, create new jobs as a result of business
expansion, and heighten awareness among business
owners, developers, and residents of the issues
concerning environmental hazards and their cleanup. In
addition to the primary benefit of removing the
environmental hazards, the city anticipates that the
BCRLF Pilot will help build local capacity and
partnerships with state and federal agencies.
Activities
Fund Structure and Operations The Cuyahoga County
Planning Commission (CPC) will act as Fund Manager.
The county will partner with the Ohio EPA to perform
Site Manager duties. Cuyahoga County will identify
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Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
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and Emergency
Response (5105T)
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projects through its Brownfields Working Group and
through public-private and community-wide
partnerships. The CPC will evaluate projects based on
their impact to the community, project costs, and the
borrower's ability to make loan repayments. The CPC
will identify from one to six projects for cleanup and
reuse within the target area for the initial round of loans.
The county has a U.S. Economic Development
Administration Revolving Loan Fund, U.S. Housing and
Urban Development Section 108 funds, and Industrial
Development Bonds that can be leveraged with the
BCRLF.
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
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
Solid Waste
EPA 500-F-99-040
May 99

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