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Brownfields 2003 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Trenton, 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. 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
The City of Trenton was selected to receive assessment
and cleanup grants. The city's rich industrial heritage has
left a legacy of numerous abandoned buildings and
contaminated property surrounded by densely populated,
low-income, and primarily minority neighborhoods.
Trenton has a population of approximately 85,400.
Seventy percent of Trenton's residents are minorities and
21 percent live in poverty. To finance past environmental
assessments of city-owned brownfields, Trenton relied on
the New Jersey Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation
Fund. This funding source has disappeared, and Trenton
has a large backlog of petroleum and hazardous substance
sites awaiting environmental assessment. The city
believes strongly in community involvement in decision
making and will continue seeking and encouraging
community input as it completes site assessments and
proceeds with site cleanup and redevelopment.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Trenton for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to conduct assessment activities at
high-priority sites contaminated with petroleum
and hazardous substances throughout the city.
Grant funds also will be used to support
community outreach and purchase environmental
insurance. Petroleum assessment funds will be
used to complete an inventory of abandoned gas
stations in the city.
Cleanup Grant
$800,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Trenton for four
brownfields cleanup grants totaling $800,000.
Grant funds will be used to conduct cleanup
activities at the Freight Yards at 163 North Olden
Avenue (contaminated with metals and PCBs), the
Magic Marker site (contaminated with lead
co-mingled with petroleum), the African American
Cemetery and adjacent site (contaminated with
metals and PCBs co-mingled with petroleum), and
Hanover Place (contaminated with lead
co-mingled with petroleum).
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) 637-4309
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region02/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: Trenton, NJ
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-200
June 2003

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(609) 989-3509
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-03-200
June 2003

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