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Township of Neville, PA
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 Township of Neville is an island on the Ohio River
in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. Neville was once
the leading producer of amphibious assault vehicles used
in World War II. With a shifting of the economy and the
country's defense needs, manufacturers have left the
island. The shipyard closed almost 15 years ago and with
other sites have laid vacant or underutilized. Business
closures have caused a 40 percent decrease in the
Township's tax base, from approximately $30 million to
$18 million. The median household income in the
Township ranks in the lower half of Allegheny
communities. The Township has identified
approximately 30 brownfield sites, comprising roughly
one-third of the Island's property. Brownfields sites
present development opportunities due to the Island's
proximity to downtown Pittsburgh and the Greater
Pittsburgh International Airport.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2000
Amount: $500,000
Profile: Township of Neville
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: Township of Neville, PA
(412) 264-3442
Objectives
Neville's BCRLF goals are to cleanup brownfields sites,
revitalize the tax base, and provide sustainable wage
employment with an emphasis on mixed zoning re-use.
The criteria to be used to select sites include the ability
to increase jobs and tax revenue, advance the goals of
the Township's new comprehensive plan, provide for
public health through cleanup of contamination, engage
private owners, and develop a model for replication by
other small communities. Initially, Neville's BCRLF
will target three sites: a light metals site; a shipyard site;
and the Chevron site.
Activities
Fund Structure and Operations
The Township of Neville will serve as lead agency. The
Township Engineer will serve as site manager. A fund
manager will be selected.
Neville will commit $15,000 to the BCRLF program.
The State of Pennsylvania and Allegheny County also
are in the process of committing funding in the amounts
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of $55,000 and $45,000, respectively. The State's
Industrial Sites Reuse Program will enable the Neville
Island Development Assosiation to acquire sites and
perform cleanups directly. Neville Township anticipates
that several private landowners also will use the BCRLF
loans and State funds to clean up their brownfields
properties.
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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