FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE05-24
May
11, 2005
Contact:
Charles G. Sturcken
(718) 595-6600
NYC
Selected To Receive $200,000 EPA Brownfield Assessment Grant
Money
will allow the City to investigate potential environmental contamination
at multiple sites
Today, New York City was awarded a $200,000 U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency brownfield assessment grant to examine potential
environmental contamination at brownfield sites throughout the
City. The money will allow the City to investigate potential contamination
resulting from activities such as former industrial operations
and illegal dumping. Brownfields are properties where the actual
or suspected presence of contamination is an impediment to reuse.
The New York City award was part of EPA’s announcement
today that $75.9 million in Brownfields grants were being awarded
nationwide for a variety of projects under the federal Small Business
Liability Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act.
The City will work internally within its agencies and externally
with community and economic development groups to identify and
prioritize sites. Sites will be sought that meet EPA eligibility
criteria, reflect community need, and have a project schedule that
the grant will facilitate.
“I am very pleased that the City has received this grant
award,” said Robert R. Kulikowski, Director of the New York
City Office of Environmental Coordination. “This money will
enable the City to accelerate redevelopment at various sites while
protecting public health and the environment.”
The City also has three other current EPA brownfield grants:
-
$750,000 Revolving Loan Fund grant to leverage private investment
in the NY Metro Brownfields Redevelopment Fund
-
$400,000 Assessment grant to Housing Preservation & Development
for environmental assessments including Broadway Triangle in
Williamsburg, Brooklyn and the Atlantic Terminal Urban Renewal
Area, also in Brooklyn $270,000 Assessment grant to the Department
of Parks & Recreaton to investigate the 107 acre Mariner’s
Marsh property in Staten Island.