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1 J Paterson, NJ
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
EPA has selected the City of Paterson for a Brownfields
Pilot. Paterson (population 148,400) is located in
northeast New Jersey, approximately 10 miles from the
Hudson River and New York City. As the first planned
industrial city in the nation, some of the country's oldest
brownfields are located here. Hazardous substances
generated from many years of industrial activities have
contaminated several properties and the City's aquifers.
The State has identified over 70 contaminated sites in
Paterson. The brownfields have contributed to blight and
economic distress.
With the assistance of the New Jersey Hazardous
Discharge Site Remediation Fund and the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection, the City has
been able to take the first steps toward identifying and
assessing its contaminated properties. Some progress has
been made, including the redevelopment of the 7-acre
Allied Textile Printers site into a 64-unit housing
complex.
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 07/01/1998
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot will assess and develop cleanup
and redevelopment plans for six large, abandoned
brownfields located across the City.
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 2 Brownfields Team
(212) 637-4309
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region02/brownfields/)
Grant Recipient: City of Paterson,NJ
(973)881-3365
Objectives
Paterson aims to develop a community-based
brownfields response model in the form of a guidance
document to help steer the City in the planning and
redevelopment of its brownfields. This will include
characterizing milestones that impact brownfields such
as environmental issues and land use. The Pilot will aid
this effort through the creation of outreach activities that
will include residents in cleanup and reuse decision
making; assessment of the six target sites; and cleanup
and redevelopment planning. The City will coordinate
the Pilot public outreach program with its existing
Consolidated Plan outreach process.
The Pilot will evaluate the guidance document by
applying the model to six brownfields in the City:
Paterson Paperboard, Kaysam, Leader Dye, 69-83
Straight Street, 95 Cliff Street, and 62 Garfield Avenue
sites. These sites were selected as target sites because
they are in the City's Hazardous Site Remediation
program, are over one acre in size, have not been
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productive for at least one year, and have not attracted
interest from developers.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Developing a contaminated sites guidance
document, which will incorporate key milestones
affecting brownfields development;
•	Developing bilingual outreach activities to
include public input on cleanup and future
land-use decisions; and
•	Conducting site assessments at six targeted
brownfields.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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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