Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic & Housing Development
Action: ( X ) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Preliminary Assessment (P/A), Site Investigation (S/I) and Remedial Investigation (R/I)
Entity Name: City of Newark /Department of Economic & Housing Development
Entity Address: 920 Broad Street, Newark, NJ
Grant Amount: $200,000.00
Funding Source: United States Environmental Protection Agency
Total Project Cost: $200,000.00
City Contribution: $0.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: n/a /$0.00
Contract Period: October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2014
Contract Basis: ( ) Bid ( ) State Vendor ( ) Prof. Ser. ( ) EUS
( ) Fair & Open ( ) No Reportable Contributions ( ) RFP ( ) RFQ
( ) Private Sale (X ) Grant ( ) Sub-recipient ( ) n/a
List of Property: (if applicable)
(Address/Block/Lot/Ward)
Various properties throughout the city
Additional Information:
Invitation: Director of Economic & Housing Development, April 17, 2012
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WHEREAS, the United States Environmental Protection Agency Brownfields Program which is funded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009, assists state, local, and tribal governmental agencies, redevelopment agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purpose of financing remediation activities for sites, at which there is actual or a suspected discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes, and;
WHEREAS, the City of Newark has determined that there has been, or it suspects that there has been, a discharge of hazardous substances or other pollutants or contaminants on properties located in industrial areas near the port and along the river as well as various vacant lots and former residential areas throughout the city and funding is needed to conduct Preliminary Assessment (P/A)...
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