I JBt | Brownfields 2003 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency, Rodeo, CA
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 Contra Costa County Redevelopment Agency was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. The
redevelopment agency is focusing on the Rodeo
Waterfront area. Rodeo is an unincorporated
community of 8,700 along San Pablo Bay in the San
Francisco Bay area. The waterfront once was one of the
San Francisco Bay area's premier fishing and boating
locations, providing Rodeo with a strong economic base
and community center. Perceived environmental
contamination has resulted in deterioration of the
waterfront and the local economy. The site assessments
are a first step in the revitalization of Rodeo's
waterfront. The Contra Costa Redevelopment Agency,
formed in part to help revitalize this area, began
working with the Rodeo community in 1997. A task
force of community members, local businesses,
regulatory agencies, and developers was formed to plan
and implement a revitalization strategy for the
waterfront. The redevelopment agency plans to
continue to collaborate with stakeholders to ensure that
redevelopment of the waterfront will serve the local
Rodeo community and become a regional asset.
Assessment Grant
$100,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Contra Costa County
Redevelopment Agency for a brownfields
assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to
perform Phase I and Phase II investigations of sites
potentially contaminated with petroleum or
hazardous substances in the Rodeo Waterfront area.
The sites may have been contaminated by historic
industrial and automotive-related uses.
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/brownfields)
Grant Recipient: Contra Costa County, CA
(925) 335-1255
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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