Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

San Diego State University Research Foundation, National City, 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. The Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002, as amended by the
Brownfields Utilization, Investment and Local Development
Act of 2018, was passed to help states and communities around
the country clean up and revitalize brownfield sites. Under this
law, EPA provides financial assistance to eligible applicants
through five competitive grant programs: Multipurpose Grants,
Assessment Grants, Revolving Loan Fund Grants, Cleanup
Grants, and Environmental Workforce Development and Job
Training Grants. Additionally, funding support is provided to
state and tribal response programs through a separate
mechanism.

Assessment Grant

$500,000

EPA has selected the San Diego State University Research Foundation
for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will
be used to inventory brownfield sites and conduct 20 Phase I and six
Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
develop a market study and six cleanup plans and to support community
engagement activities. The target area for this grant is a 158-acre district
in the City of National City that has been designated as the "Downtown
Specific Plan Area." This area is a historically disadvantaged community
with a history of different land uses and widespread environmental
contamination. Priority sites include a former education center that has
been vacant for 13 years, a vacant lot in a former industrial
neighborhood, and a former welding shop.

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
(213)244-1821

EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(https: //www. epa. go v/bro wnfields/r9)

Grant Recipient: San Diego State University Research Foundation, CA
(619)594-3807

Hie 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

Land and
Emergency
Management (5105T)

E PA-560-F-22-059
May 2022

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