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.
$2,000,000
EPA has selected the New Jersey Economic Development Authority for a Brownfields Community-wide Assessment Grant for States and Tribes. Community-wide grant funds will be used to conduct 38 Phase I and 35 Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to prepare 12 cleanup plans and 12 reuse plans and conduct community outreach activities. The target areas for this grant are the Cities of Atlantic City, Bridgeton, Jersey City, Millville, Paterson, Perth Amboy, and Trenton, all of which lie within the Community Collaborative Initiative and the Government Restricted Municipality state programs. Priority sites include a 12-acre former industrial site that was home to multiple gas stations and a steel manufacturing facility but is now vacant, a 13.7-acre abandoned landfill, a 3.6-acre former industrial site that has laid vacant for 40 years, and a 6-acre parcel that formerly housed a textile facility for over 150 years.