/ O \ Brownfields 1999 Assessment Pilot Fact Sheet
1 J City of Hammond, Indiana
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 awarded the City of Hammond supplemental
assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration
Pilot and additional funding for assessments at
brownfields properties to be used for greenspace
purposes. Hammond (population 181,000) is in an
industrial area in Northwest Indiana that includes the
George Lake watershed, one of the few remaining natural
areas in the region. George Lake is surrounded by several
former industrial facilities of environmental concern,
including the Federated Metals hazardous waste
dumpsite, the Amoco Oil Company research center, the
Union Carbide Company disposal site, and the Bairstow
site, a 97-acre former steel mill slag waste dump. The
population in this severely impacted area is 45 percent
minority.
The city's goal is to restore the George Lake watershed to
retain and enhance natural open spaces and provide
recreational opportunities for the community. The city
has completed the first phase of its Watershed
Restoration Project, construction of a 9-hole youth golf
course and driving range on 46 acres of the Bairstow site.
Most of the funding from the original pilot was spent on
site work plans and investigations in support of the first
phase of the George Lake Watershed Restoration Project.
The second phase of this project will be the development
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 05/01/2002
Amount: $150,000
$50,000 for Greenspace
Profile: The Pilot will conduct assessments in
support of planning for construction of a golf course,
restoration of fish and bird habitats, and enhancement
of biking and hiking trails within the North Basin of
the George Lake Watershed.
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Hammond, Indiana
(219)853-6306
Objectives
The supplemental funding will be used to continue
Phase I, II, and III site assessments of the properties that
will be used for the planned 18-hole golf course. The
properties include wooded areas along the eastern and
northeastern shores of the North Basin, sections of the
former Amoco Research Center, and other shops and
warehouse buildings.
The greenspace funding will be used to conduct
assessments and develop a land-use plan for the 98
acres of recently acquired land within and adjoining the
North Basin of George Lake. Through extensive
community outreach efforts, the city is developing plans
to restore fish and bird habitats and enhance biking and
hiking trails within the North Basin. Assessments
conducted with greenspace funding will support the
development of a North Basin Watershed Management
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of a full-sized 18-hole golf course.
Plan.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Preparing work plans, site-specific sampling
plans, health and safety plans, and addenda to the
existing Quality Assurance Project Plan;
•	Conducting Phase I, II, and III environmental site
assessments on 10 discrete parcels covering a
total of 38 acres;
•	Conducting greenspace assessment activities and
developing a land-use plan for the North Basin
and shoreline parcels; and
•	Conducting community outreach activities for
both the second phase of this project and
greenspace.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet
been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this
fact sheet are subject to change.
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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/r^. Brownfields 1999 Supplemental Assessment
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Hammond, IN
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 has selected the City of Hammond for a
Brownfields Pilot. Hammond (population 180,858) is
located in the middle of an industrialized area of
Northwest Indiana and contains the George Lake
watershed, which is one of the few remaining natural
areas in the region. The area has a 45 percent minority
population and is home to severe environmental
degradation from heavy industrial use, such as steel
mills, refineries, and chemical plants.
George Lake is surrounded by several former industrial
facilities with possible environmental contamination,
including the Federated Metals hazardous waste
dumpsite, the Amoco Oil Company research center, the
Union Carbide Company disposal site, and the Bairstow
site, a 97-acre former steel mill slag waste dump.
Hammond has already assessed the Bairstow site, and the
property is part of the lake's restoration project that
includes the construction (already underway) of an
affordable youth golf course, as well as the creation of an
adult golf course, protection of sensitive wooded uplands
associated with migratory birds, and the enhancement of
the lake and its two basins
Pilot Snapshot
Date of Announcement: 06/21/1999
Amount: $200,000
Profile: The Pilot targets the industrialized and
degraded George Lake watershed for transformation
into a public recreation area.
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/R5Brownfields)
Grant Recipient: City of Hammond, Indiana
(219)853-6306
Objectives
The Pilot's goal is to help redevelop and restore the
George Lake watershed by completing environmental
assessments and cleanup plans at brownfields
surrounding George Lake. The Pilot will complement
the George Lake watershed restoration project, whose
goals are to identify and quantify all environmental
contamination in the watershed, restore natural areas of
the lake, and clean up impacted lake property for
redevelopment as an accessible public recreational and
natural resource.
Activities
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
•	Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental
assessments of targeted brownfields in the
George Lake watershed;
•	Planning and designing site cleanup options with
input from the community; and
•	Continuing and expanding the community
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involvement strategy for the George Lake
watershed restoration project, including monthly
site planning meetings, computer modeling and
displays of soil, surface water, and groundwater
contamination, and a hotline to answer questions
concerning the project.
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 500-F-99-138
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