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Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant Fact
Sheet
Central Bradford Progress Authority, Sayre
Borough, PA
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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into
law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The
Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to jumpstart our
economy, and create or save millions of jobs. This law
provided stimulus funds to the Brownfields Program to
award grants to evaluate and clean up former industrial
and commercial sites. Under this law, EPA will provide
financial assistance to eligible applicants through four
competitive grant programs: assessment grants, revolving
loan fund grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Central Bradford Progress Authority was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Sayre Borough
(population 5,813) is part of a larger community situated
between the Chemung and Susquehanna Rivers along the
Pennsylvania-New York border in Bradford County
known as the "Valley." The Valley community is a small
population center in a heavily rural setting. The per capita
income in the county is significantly lower than the state
level. Despite an overall increase in employment in the
state, the county has lost 4.7 percent of its jobs since
2004. The targeted former Sayre Railyards site is next to
a low-income, high-poverty area known as Milltown.
Although the target site is the only substantial brownfield
site in Sayre Borough, its public health and environmental
impacts are significant. Cleanup of the site will reduce
threats to human health and remove an eyesore from the
community. The borough and county identified the site
for eventual industrial reuse, and already were approached
by businesses interested in redeveloping the property.

Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the Central Bradford Progress
Authority for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the 25-acre former Sayre Railyards site
on North Thomas Avenue in Sayre Borough. From
1909 to 1979, the Lehigh Valley Railroad used the
site to manufacture and recondition locomotives.
The site was later used to manufacture army tank
trailers and railroad passenger cars. The site is
contaminated by a light non-aqueous phase liquid
plume, heavy metals, and volatile and
semi-volatile organic compounds. Grant funds also
will be used to support community outreach
activities.
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: Central Bradford Progress
Authority,PA
(570) 265-0937
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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Environmental	anri Fmpflpn™	EPA 560-F-09-169
Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	May 2009
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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United States	c
Environmental	anri Fmpflpn™	EPA 560-F-09-169
Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	May 2009
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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