Q \ Brownfields 2004 Assessment, Cleanup and
Revolving Loan Fund Grant Fact Sheet
South Bend, IN

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 City of South Bend was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant, a cleanup grant, and a
revolving loan fund grant. The city has a population of
107,800, and a poverty rate of 16 percent. Approximately
34 percent of the residents are minorities. The city has
identified 243 brownfield properties along commercial
corridors. Many of the city's brownfields are in areas that
are home to a large percentage of the minority population,
and disproportionately impact low-income and minority
residents. Redevelopment of these brownfield properties
is expected to encourage neighborhood-based commercial
enterprises and industrial/warehousing operations, and
ameliorate environmental justice concerns for residents
and neighborhoods.
Assessment Grant
$550,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of South Bend for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds and petroleum grant funds
will both be used to conduct Phase I and II
environmental site assessments on a city-wide
basis. Potential sites include a former foundry site
that is now a city park, a former railroad site in the
Studebaker/Oliver project area, and sites in
wellhead protection areas. The funds will also be
used for institutional control monitoring.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$550,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of South Bend for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund
from which the City of South Bend will provide
loans and subgrants to support cleanup activities
for sites throughout the city that are contaminated
with hazardous substances. Loans will be made
based on an environmental prioritization process.
Cleanup Grant
$550,000 for hazardous substances
$100,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of South Bend for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up the former Oliver Plow Works
site. The site is part of the Studebaker/Oliver Plow
Works Redevelopment Strategy, a phased
approach for eventually redeveloping the entire
Studebaker and Oliver factories into two light
industrial parks. Grant funds also will be used for
remediation and post-cleanup reporting, and
community involvement activities.
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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) 886-7576
EPA Region 5 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/R5Brownfiel ds)
Grant Recipient: City of South Bend,IN
(574)235-9371
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-04-233
June 2004

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