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East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation, San Pablo, CA
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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 East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. San
Pablo's population of 30,215 is over 68 percent minority,
with Asian and Hispanic populations representing the
fastest-growing ethnic groups. Over the past two decades,
a large number of manufacturing jobs have been lost in
the region due to plant closures and relocations. The
neighborhoods surrounding the targeted site struggle with
poverty, high housing costs, and high unemployment
rates. More than 18 percent of city residents live below
the poverty level, and the unemployment rate is 9.5
percent. Over half of the city's residents spend more than
30 percent of their income on housing, and 10,000
households are on the waiting list for public housing.
Once cleaned up, the site will be redeveloped into the
Giant Road Family Apartment complex, which will
provide affordable housing units to disadvantaged
community members. The residential complex also will
incorporate smart growth and green building concepts into
its design.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the East Bay Asian Local
Development Corporation for a brownfields
cleanup grant. The grant will be used to clean up a
2.6-acre trucking and container storage facility
located at the site of a proposed seven-acre Giant
Road Family Apartments complex, a planned
mixed-income residential community. The site,
which has formerly been used for various
industrial and commercial purposes including
transportation of petroleum and tetraethyl lead,
requires additional surface and subsurface
remediation to build 86 units of affordable
multi-family housing.
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/bro wnfields )
Grant Recipient: East Bay Asian Local
Development Corporation, CA
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
(510) 287-5353 ext 335
East Bay Asian Local Development Corporation
(510) 287-5353 ext 596
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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Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	June 2004
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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United States	c
Environmental	anri Fmpflpn™	EPA 560-F-04-128
Protection Agency	Response (5105T)	June 2004
Washington, DC 20450	Kesponse (si us )

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