PILOT SNAPSHOT |
Date of Announcement:
March 1999
Amount: $200,000 |
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Profile: The Pilot targets the Orient/Eastlake
area of Hillsborough County, located east of the City of
Tampa. |
BACKGROUND
EPA has selected the County of Hillsborough for a Brownfields Pilot. The county
is just east of the City of Tampa. The Pilot targets the Orient/Eastlake
Community, an approximately 16-square-mile area located in the
eastern portion of Hillsborough County, adjacent to Tampa. This
historical manufacturing area is characterized by a mix of commercial
and industrial uses, as well as residential housing.
During the 1970s and 1980s, rapid suburban growth bypassed the
vacant land in the target area for greenfields surrounding the
Orient/Eastlake Community. Many older manufacturing buildings
in the target area have been razed to avoid taxes, and several
facilities have been cited for environmental violations by the
state. The Orient Park neighborhood, located in the target area,
is a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community
Development Block Grant target neighborhood.
OBJECTIVES
The Pilot's objective is to conduct environmental assessments, plan environmental
cleanup strategies, and include environmental justice goals in
the community involvement portion of the redevelopment process.
As a leveraged objective, the Pilot plans to have brownfields
properties certified under the Florida Brownfields Redevelopment
Act to take advantage of further cleanup and redevelopment incentives
offered by the state.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES
Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:
- Forming a Brownfields Council, comprised of all stakeholders in the target
area, to allow citizen and property owner involvement in planning site assessments
and cleanup plans;
- Creating an inventory of brownfields properties in the target area that
provides detailed ownership and contamination information; and
- Conducting Phase I and Phase II environmental assessments on properties
screened and ranked by the Brownfields Council based on information in the
Pilot's brownfields inventory.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated; therefore,
activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
CONTACTS
Planning and Growth Management Department
Hillsborough County
(813) 276-8465
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 4
(404) 562-8661
Visit the EPA Region 4 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/
For further information, including specific Pilot contacts,
additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/
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