EPA Announces $4.2 Million for Brownfields Projects in
Contact: Mary Mears (212) 637-3673; mears.mary@epa.gov
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“Cleaning and reusing contaminated properties provides the catalyst to improving the lives of residents living in or near brownfields communities throughout New Jersey,” said EPA Acting Regional Administrator George Pavlou, “By revitalizing these sites, we will reduce threats to human health and the environment, create green jobs, promote community involvement, and attract investment in local neighborhoods.”
Applicants selected to receive Recovery Act funds are:
$200,000 for assessing sites with hazardous substances
$200,000 for assessing sites with petroleum
EPA has selected the Camden Redevelopment Agency for two brownfields assessment grants to conduct ten Phase I and four Phase II site assessments along the Interstate 676 and
$600,000 (three $200,000 grants) for cleaning up sites with hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jersey City Redevelopment Agency for three brownfields cleanup grants to clean up the 75 Woodward Street site, which has a long history of industrial and commercial use; the Garfield Junkyard site on Garfield Avenue, which was used primarily for auto repair and salvage; and the JR Transportation site at 1000 Garfield Avenue, which was used as a seed storehouse for more than 50 years and later became a bus maintenance facility. All three sites are contaminated with polyaromatic hydrocarbons and metals. Grant funds will be used to dispose of contaminated soil, place a two-foot cap on the properties, and file deeds of notice for the sites.
$400,000 for cleaning up sites with hazardous substances
$200,000 for cleaning up sites with petroleum
EPA has selected the City of
Hazardous substances grant funds also will be used to clean up the International Metallurgical Services site at
activities at the three sites.
$200,000 to clean up sites with hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of
Applicants selected to receive brownfields general program funds are:
$1,000,000 for assessing sites with hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Middlesex County Improvement Authority for a brownfields assessment coalition grant. Community-wide hazardous substances grant funds will be used to inventory brownfields and conduct environmental site assessments at a minimum of five sites in the City of
activities.
$750,000 to capitalize a revolving loan program for sites with hazardous substances
$250,000 to capitalize a revolving loan program for sites with petroleum
EPA has selected the City of
$200,000 to assess sites with hazardous substances
$200,000 to assess sites with petroleum
EPA has selected the City of
The grants will help to assess, clean and redevelop abandoned, contaminated properties known as brownfields. Brownfields are sites where expansion, redevelopment, or reuse may be complicated by the presence or potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant. In addition, the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act of 2002 expanded the definition of a brownfield to include mine-scarred lands or sites contaminated by petroleum or the manufacture of illegal drugs. Grant recipients are selected through a national competition.
The Brownfields Program encourages cleanup and redevelopment of
Additional information on the EPA Region XX brownfields recipients and their projects is available at http://www.epa.gov/region6/6sf/bfpages/sfbfhome.htm.
Information on the national EPA Brownfields Program, including brownfields activities under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, is also available at http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/.
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