I ^ | Brownfields 2004 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
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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 Oakland Housing Authority was selected to receive
three brownfields cleanup grants. Oakland is a city of
399,484 residents in Alameda County. The three target
areas are part of the Coliseum Gardens project in
Central East Oakland. The demographics in the
neighborhood surrounding the project (population
5,174) are dramatically different from the City of
Oakland. Forty-seven percent of the neighborhood
residents are African-American, and 38 percent are
Hispanic. The per capita income is 42 percent of the
city's per capita, one-third of the residents live below
the poverty level, and the unemployment rate is 16.8
percent. More than 55 percent of households pay more
than 30 percent of their income toward housing. The
Coliseum Gardens project is close to public
transportation and the Oakland Coliseum and Arena
complex. Once cleaned up, these sites will become part
of the revitalization of the Gardens that will include
affordable rental and ownership housing units, a family
economic success center, and a child care center, all
built around a 5.7-acre park and master-planned open
space.
Cleanup Grant
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Oakland Housing Authority to
receive three brownfields cleanup grants. Grant
funds will be used to clean up contamination at 811
69th Avenue, site of a former acetylene gas plant;
801 69th Avenue, a former iron and metal company,
and auto parts and salvage company; and 920-954
66th Avenue, a former cannery and recycling
facility. The sites are all part of the Coliseum
Gardens HOPE VI revitalization project, a 19-acre
master planned community in Central East Oakland.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Oakland Housing Authority,CA
(510)587-2143
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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