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: $240,000.00
City Contribution: $40,000.00
Other Funding Source/Amount: /$
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)
2052-2070 and 2078,2090 McCarter Highway/827.01/11 & 12/ North Ward
Additional Information:
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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 where there is or there is a suspicion of being a 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 the property located at 2052-2070 and 2078,2090 McCarter Highway, Block 827.01, Lots 11 & 12/ North Ward (the “Property”) and funding is needed to conduct Preliminary Assessment (P/A), Site Investigation (S/I), and Remedial Investigation (R/I) work; and
WHEREAS, on October 14, 2010, on b...
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