USEPA Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grant

The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority, in partnership with coalition members Hamilton County and the City of Cincinnati, is accepting applications for assistance through its United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Brownfield Assessment Coalition Grant.  This $1,000,000 hazardous substance and petroleum grant is designed to assess properties whose redevelopment is hindered by existing or potential environmental contamination.  Brownfield sites located within Hamilton County, including the City of Cincinnati, are eligible to apply.  To obtain a copy of the application and policies, please click here.

Remediate, Recycle, Renew

Redeveloping abandoned, idled, or underutilized industrial and commercial sites – also known as brownfields – makes an enduring contribution to a community’s environment and economy. At the Port Authority, we are finding ways to manage the environmental, financial and legal challenges posed by remediation, in order to provide lasting benefits to communities throughout Hamilton County.

Results

• 9 sites redeveloped or in the process of being redeveloped
  
• 157 acres returned to productive reuse
• 80,661 tons of contaminated soil excavated
• 383,638 gallons of contaminated water captured
• 164,231 tons of concrete recycled
• 1,724,034 tons of steel recycled

To put that in perspective, the recycled steel is enough to build 85 Paul Brown Stadiums. The recycled concrete would cover the entire Bengal’s playing field to a depth of 51 feet.

To residents of Cincinnati, Sharonville, Fairfax, Norwood and Lockland, these projects mean no longer having to look at empty buildings and worry about the abandoned structures’ drag on property values or fret over health risks lurking in the soil beneath those abandoned buildings.

Clean Ohio Fund

Since 2001, we have created public-private partnerships on nine projects, using Clean Ohio Funding to leverage private capital and make lasting impacts in nine different Cincinnati and Hamilton County neighborhoods.

All told, the Port Authority was awarded $10,721,403 in Clean Ohio Funds – $7,382,130 in Clean Ohio Revitalization Funds (CORF) and $3,339,273 in Clean Ohio Assistance Funds (COAF) – to pay for the environmental assessment, cleanup, and demolition activities.