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Brownfields 2005 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Trenton, NJ
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 Trenton has been selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Trenton (population 85,403),
the capital of New Jersey, is one of the state's poorest
cities. It grew around the now-defunct industrial facilities
which once depended on the area's waterways for power.
These facilities, now mostly abandoned, are typically
located in residential communities. These residential
neighborhoods are primarily low-income and minority.
The poverty levels in the two target areas are 28 and 49
percent, respectively. More than 90 percent of target area
residents are minority and the median household income
is less than two-thirds of the city median. Cleanup of the
Pukala site, located in a floodplain from which
contaminants and debris are washed into a tributary of the
Delaware River, will help protect the water quality of a
regional drinking water source. Once the site is cleaned
up, the city will reclaim it for open space and recreation,
thereby improving the quality of life and morale of
residents. Cleanup of the Canal Plaza site will help
prevent runoff from discharging into the Delaware and
Raritan Canal and remove one of the last symbols of
blight in this historic area, location of a significant
Revolutionary War battle. Once the site is cleaned up, the
city plans call for redevelopment with 16 homes and open
space, which will improve the neighborhood and alleviate
the area's housing shortage.
Cleanup Grant
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City Trenton for two
brownfields cleanup grants. One grant will be used
to clean up hazardous substances contamination,
including volatile organics and lead, at the Pukala
site on Poplar Street. The site was contaminated
by fill used to raise site elevations and by historic
site operations which included an automobile
dismantling yard, junk yard, and auto repair
facility. The second grant will be used to clean up
soil contaminated with polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, arsenic, and lead at the Canal Plaza
site on North Broad Street. The property was used
as an industrial dairy from 1918 until it was
abandoned in 1976.
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 2 Brownfields Team
(212) 637-4309
EPA Region 2 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region02/br ownfields/)
Grant Recipient: City of Trenton,NJ
(609) 989-3509
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
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-174
May 2005

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