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'w1' Cuyahoga County, OH
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
Cuyahoga County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. Cuyahoga County (population
1,393,978) is Ohio's most populous county, and includes
Cleveland, whose east side is a federally designated
Empowerment Zone. The county's unemployment rate is
9.8 percent, and 15 percent of residents live in poverty.
There are at least 4,600 acres of brownfields in the county,
predominantly affecting the urban core, where most of the
county's low-income residents live. Many of the
brownfields are large and blighted and are negatively
impacting property values. The county anticipates that
demand for brownfields cleanup will continue to grow,
especially in the more urbanized areas of the county.
Brownfields redevelopment will improve market values of
adjacent properties and generate property tax revenues to
provide basic services for residents. Redevelopment also
will create and retain jobs, and leverage additional
investment in the county.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Cuyahoga County for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to perform
four to six Phase I and five to six Phase II
environmental site assessments throughout the
county. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
perform three to five Phase I and three to five
Phase II environmental site assessments
throughout the county. Funds also will be used for
community outreach activities, risk assessments,
and preparation of cleanup plans.
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/R5Brownfiel ds)
Grant Recipient: Cuyahoga County,OH
(216) 443-8064
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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Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	May 2006
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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