w5 Brownfields 1997 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet Oakland, CA 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 Region 9 selected the City of Oakland for a Regional Brownfields Pilot. Oakland selected two brownfields sites as catalyst sites for other redevelopment projects in Oakland's commercial and industrial centers. The Central District Redevelopment Area is a 2-acre site. The other site is a 17-acre portion of the Coliseum Redevelopment Area of East Oakland. During the past two decades over 20,000 manufacturing jobs have been lost in the Coliseum Area due to plant closure and relocation. Over 600 acres in the Coliseum Area have been vacated or are under-used, and over 700 sites have been identified as having known or suspected hazardous or toxic contamination. Most of the Coliseum Area is within a federally-designated Enhanced Enterprise Community. In April 1997, an additional $100,000 was added to the Pilot grant which will be used to encourage brownfields revitalization of the redevelopment of the Fruitvale Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) areas's Transit Village project. This large-scale development project is designed to revitalize the neighborhood with shops, offices, and housing in a pedestrian-oriented setting. This is a local, community-driven project for which EPA is partnering with the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), the Department of Health and Human Services smH artmrvf T"rancnr^rtcitirvn cic Pilot Snapshot Date of Announcement: 09/01/1996 Amount: $200,000 Profile: The Pilot targets the redevelopment of two sites in the Central District Redevelopment Area (2 acres) and the Coliseum Redevelopment Area (17 acres). 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: City of Oakland,CA (510)238-3629 Objectives The Oakland Pilot is seeking to revitalize the contaminated properties in the Central District Redevelopment and Coliseum Redevelopment Areas as well as the Fruitvale BART Station area. The major focus of the Pilot will be on completing Phase II site assessments and remediation planning. This information will assist Oakland's Redevelopment Agency in developing a strategy for redevelopment of the sites. Activities The Pilot is: • Reviewing existing data on two sites and completing site assessments; • Completing health and safety plans, site surveys, and risk assessments, and preparing summary reports of the findings and recommendations; and • Developing remedial plans and cost estimates. United States Environmental Protection Agency Washington, DC 20450 Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5105T) EPA 500-F-97-061 May 97 ------- well as private entities to redevelop this multi-cultural area. 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 c Environmental anri Fmpflpn™ EPA 500-F-97-061 j. i- a ancl Emergency .. Protection Agency Response (5105T) MaV97 Washington, DC 20450 ^ v ' ------- |