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Brownfields and Land Revitalization
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.
$300,000
EPA has selected the City of College Park for a Brownfields Assessment Grant. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct 16 Phase I and five Phase II environmental site assessments and prepare five cleanup plans. Grant funds also will be used to conduct reuse planning and community outreach activities. The target area for this grant is the Six West District, a previously developed but now mostly vacant area lying between the College Park Convention Center and the downtown districts. Priority sites include the former Moody's Wrecker Service property slated to be redeveloped as a stormwater management park called The Landing Park, a site slated to be redeveloped as an African American Music Museum and Theater, and a site at 1904 W Harvard Avenue that formerly was used as an auto repair, filling station, and dry cleaner.
$395,000
EPA has selected the City of College Park for a Brownfields Cleanup Grant. Grant funds will be used to clean up the nearly one-acre Main Street Assemblage site located at 3303, 3317, and 3321 Main Street and 1747 Mercer Avenue. The cleanup site was converted from single-family residences into retail and commercial businesses in the 1940s. Former uses include a former gas station, auto repair facility, and dry cleaner. The site is contaminated with petroleum, dry cleaning solvents including tetrachloroethylene and 1,2- dichloroethene, heavy metals, and inorganic materials. Grant funds also will be used to develop reuse plans and conduct community outreach activities.