Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, NY
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, 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.
ASSESSMENT GRANT
$44,378 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Yonkers Industrial Development Agency for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be used to prepare
a work plan, perform site investigations, develop remediation plans,
and conduct community involvement activities at the Patclin Chemical
site on Alexander Street along the Hudson River waterfront.
COMMUNITY DESCRIPTION
The Yonkers Industrial Development Agency was selected to receive
a brownfields assessment grant. The target property, the Patclin
Chemical site in the City of Yonkers, a federally designated Empowerment
Zone, has recently been abandoned by its owner. It is a key site
in Yonkers' (population 196,086) plans to redevelop the Alexander
Street waterfront area. The waterfront district includes approximately
30 sites over a contiguous 50-acre area adjacent to the Hudson River.
The community immediately affected by conditions in the waterfront
district consists of four census tracts with a total population
of 15,595. The tracts encompass both the waterfront area and the
residential neighborhoods that stretch several blocks inland. The
poverty rate for the four-tract area is 30 percent, and unemployment
is triple the national average. Forty-seven percent of area residents
are African-American, and 40 percent are Hispanic. Once the Patclin
site has been investigated and cleaned up, the property and two
adjacent sites will be redeveloped into new housing. The construction
project itself will create many well-paying jobs that will be accessible
to community residents. The new residential population will help
support growth in the local retail area. In addition, the new housing
will increase the tax base, creating revenues for the city to spend
on education, economic development, and social programs.
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 2 Brownfields Team
212-637-4314
http://www.epa.gov/region02/superfund/brownfields/
Grant Recipient: Yonkers Industrial Development Agency, NY
914-377-6619
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
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