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J Lorain County, OH
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 Lorain County as a Brownfields
Area-Wide Planning Grant recipient. The county
will work with the community and other
stakeholders to develop an area-wide plan and
implementation strategy for the Broadway and
28th Street Corridor in the City of Lorain. The
project area has been impacted by the downturn in
the domestic steel production industry and has
experienced disinvestment, poverty, and
abandonment. It is home to many sensitive
populations, minorities, non-English speaking
residents, children, and the elderly. The area
contains vacant industrial, commercial, and
residential structures, which create hazardous
conditions for residents and the environment. The
catalyst site is the 19.5-acre Pellet Terminal site,
which was formerly an iron ore shipping dock.
The area-wide plan will enable the county to
transform the project area into a revitalized,
mixed-use, and sustainable community featuring
nature trails that connect to open access of Lake
Erie. Addressing the lakefront catalyst site is
expected to bring back commerce to downtown
Lorain. Key partners who will work with the
county on this project include the City of Lorain,
Lorain Growth Corporation, Charleston Village,
and Black River AOC (Area of Concern).
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 5 Brownfields Team
(312)886-9493
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/brownfie
lds-and-land-revitalization-illinois-ind
iana-michigan-minnesota-ohio-and)
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-17-001K
January 2017

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Grant Recipient: Lorain County, OH
(440) 328-2323
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-17-001K
January 2017

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