Brownfields 2022 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

Spanish-Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc., 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

$451,340

EPA has selected the Spanish-Speaking Unity Council of Alameda
County, Inc., for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide
grant funds will be used to conduct 15 Phase I and eight Phase II
environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to develop
three cleanup plans and support community outreach activities. The
target area for this grant is several neighborhoods in East Oakland that
have historically been home to significant industrial, manufacturing, and
automotive activities. Priority sites include an 8,000-square-foot
mixed-use building with 29 residential units and four commercial spaces,
a 13,000-square-foot vacant lot, and three additional large residential
buildings.

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: Spanish-Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County,

Inc., CA

(510)519-6137

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-22-062
May 2022

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