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Brownfields Supplemental Assistance Fact Sheet

Washington, D.C.
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states, tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.

PILOT SNAPSHOT

Washington, DC Date of Announcement:
April 2001

Amount: $100,000

Profile: The Pilot will target 2 - 3 commercially valuable properties.

BACKGROUND

EPA has selected Washington, DC, to receive supplemental assistance for its Brownfields Assessment Demonstration Pilot. The District's economy is confined by its small geographic area, increased competition from neighboring jurisdictions, and a restricted tax base (the Federal government owns 41 percent of the land). The District believes that reuse of vacant and available land is essential to revitalizing the area's economy.

The District City Council passed the Brownfields Revitalization Amendment Act on December 5, 2000. The Act establishes a regulatory and enforcement program as well as a voluntary cleanup program and tax and financial incentives. The District is developing regulations to implement the Act. Supplemental funds will assist the District in its efforts to remove the uncertainty associated with the redevelopment of potentially contaminated sites.

OBJECTIVES

The supplemental funding will be used to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and assess brownfields. Assessments will be conducted at 2 - 3 sites identified as high-priority for redevelopment. The supplemental funding also will be used to conduct forums that will involve residents of areas surrounding sites targeted for assessment. Pilot activities will support the continued development of a comprehensive site assessment program for the District of Columbia.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

  • Continue to identify brownfields;
  • Determine the redevelopment potential of sites in order to set site assessment priorities;
  • Conduct community forums in areas surrounding priority sites to involve the community in redevelopment planning; and
  • Conduct site assessments at 2-3 properties.

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

CONTACTS

Washington DC Department of Health
(202) 442-9237

Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 3
(215) 814-2780

Visit the EPA Region 3 Brownfields web site at:
http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bfs/index.htm

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/

United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, D.C. 20460 		Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)		 EPA 500-F-01-314
April 2001
Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101) Quick Reference Fact Sheet

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