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Emeryville, CA
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 Emeryville was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Emeryville is a small city
in Alameda County with 8,000 residents. The target area
is east of the railroad tracks, and a portion of it is a
federally designated Enterprise Zone. It has a lower
median household income and higher unemployment rate
than the rest of the county, and neighborhoods within the
area have minority populations as high as 33 percent.
Brownfields have affected the city's economy,
environment, and quality of life. Although the city has
endeavored to remediate and redevelop these sites for the
past decade, approximately 70 scattered small brownfields
sites remain, predominantly within the target area. The
city plans to redevelop brownfields in the target area with
housing, services, and mixed-use development.
Redevelopment will reduce pollution, bring economic
activity to the city, and increase the amount of
recreational and open space.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Emeryville for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
approximately four Phase I site assessments, and
two to three Phase II site assessments within the
target area east of the railroad tracks. Grant funds
also will be used for institutional controls
monitoring and community workshops to plan
redevelopment uses. Petroleum funds will be used
to perform the same tasks at
petroleum-contaminated sites.
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 9 Brownfields Team
(415) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: City of Emeryville, CA
City of Emeryville
(510) 596-4356
City of Emeryville
(510) 596-4356
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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