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Brownfields 2005 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet

Butler, PA

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 Butler was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The 60-acre target area in the West End
of the city is the oldest, most heavily industrialized area of
the city, and one of the lowest income neighborhoods.
Forty percent of its residents live below the poverty level,
and suffer from the area's continuing economic decline.
Approximately 60 percent of the land is zoned industrial,
and portions of these lots are vacant and/or underutilized.
However, the neighborhood is home to a significant
community asset, the Pullman Baseball Park. The park,
built in 1934, once was home to farm teams for the New
York Yankees and St. Louis Cardinals. Brownfields
redevelopment will open adjacent parcels of land for a
recreation complex, with the baseball park as its
centerpiece. Redevelopment also will increase the market
value and viability of the city, generate jobs, and create
clean neighborhoods that will provide residents with a
sense of pride in the community and attract families to the
area.

Assessment Grant

$200,000 for hazardous substances

EPA has selected the City of Butler for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
used to conduct environmental assessments of
sites in the West End core business district of the
city, and develop site remediation and reuse plans.
Funds also will be used to promote community
partnerships, and engage the community in the
assessment process.

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 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129

EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf -lr)

Grant Recipient: City of Butler,PA
(800) 283-0021

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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