Brownfields 2004 Grant Fact Sheet

York County, PA

EPA BROWNFIELDS PROGRAM

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic development 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, the President 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.

ASSESSMENT GRANT

$200,000 for hazardous substances
$150,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected York County for a brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds will both be used to conduct site inventory and outreach efforts, develop a strategic plan for addressing brownfields sites within the Codorous Creek Redevelopment Corridor, and perform approximately 20 Phase I site assessments (which include both hazardous substances and petroleum sites). Based on the results of the Phase I assessments, funds also will be used to conduct approximately five Phase II assessments.

COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION

York County was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant. About 30,000 of York County's 386,229 residents live in the Codorous Creek Redevelopment Corridor target area. The area has a 49 percent minority population. Its 29 percent poverty rate is more than four times the poverty rate for York County as a whole. The Redevelopment Authority of the County of York is undertaking a comprehensive study of the corridor. It plans to use the assessment grant funds to complete the environmental portion of the study, which will require examining specific properties. The properties chosen will complement proposed and potential redevelopment efforts, which include expanding greenspace and parks.

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 at: www.epa.gov/brownfields.

EPA Region 3 Brownfields Team
215-814-3129
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm

Grant Recipient: York County, PA
717-846-8310

The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.