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Brownfields 2017 Area-Wide Planning Grant Fact Sheet
Port of New Orleans, LA
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. In 2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country clean up and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this law, EPA provides financial
assistance to eligible applicants through competitive grant
programs for brownfields site assessment, site cleanup,
revolving loan funds, area-wide planning, and job training.
Additional funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program
EPA's Brownfields Area-Wide Planning
Program assists communities in responding
to local brownfields challenges,
particularly where multiple brownfield
sites are in close proximity, connected by
infrastructure, and limit the economic,
environmental and social prosperity of
their surroundings. This program enhances
EPA's core brownfields assistance
programs by providing grant funding to
communities so they can perform the
research needed to develop an area-wide
plan and implementation strategies for
brownfields assessment, cleanup, and
reuse. The resulting area-wide plans
provide direction for future brownfields
area improvements that are protective of
public health and the environment,
economically viable, and reflective of the
community's vision for the area.
Project Description
$200,000.00
EPA has selected the Port of New Orleans as a
Brownfields Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient.
The Port of New Orleans will work with the
community and other stakeholders to develop an
area-wide plan and implementation strategy for
the Industrial Canal Corridor, a 5.5-mile corridor
of industrial, residential, and mixed-used
properties in the City of New Orleans. Vacant
property, deteriorating structures, and
environmental conditions are contributing to
further decline in the corridor, and there is great
need for a comprehensive revitalization strategy to
serve as the foundation for growth and economic
opportunity. Catalyst sites in the corridor are
Sections A and B of the Florida Avenue Turning
Basin, and the Morrison Yard site. Effective
strategic planning will facilitate the restoration of
blighted industrial properties and is expected to
spur further redevelopment in adjacent
neighborhoods. This will reduce the community's
risk of exposure to contaminants, as well as create
greenspace and recreational opportunities, and
expand access to healthcare providers. These
improvements will enhance community mobility,
help mitigate flood risks, and create greater
employment and additional economic
opportunities. Key partners who will work with
the Port of New Orleans on this project include
the City of New Orleans, Regional Planning
Commission, Deep South Center for
Environmental Justice, and Louisiana Department
of Environmental Quality.
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
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001L
January 2017

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(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Team
(214)665-9749
EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
(https://www.epa.gov/brownfields/epa-regi
on-6-south-central-brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Port of New Orleans, LA
(504) 528-3301
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 560-F-17-001L
January 2017

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