Title
Dept/ Agency: Economic and Housing Development
Action: (X) Ratifying (X) Authorizing ( ) Amending
Type of Service: Application/Acceptance of Grant Funds
Purpose: Conduct Preliminary Assessment (PA) and Site Investigation (SI) at Former American Rendering (a.k.a. Berkowitz Fat Co.).
Entity Name: New Jersey Economic Development Authority
Entity Address: 36 West State Street, Trenton, New Jersey 08625
Grant Amount: $98,711.00
Total Project Cost: $98,711.00
City Contribution: $500.00 processing fee
Other Funding Source/Amount: $0.00
Grant Period: February 28, 2022 through December 31, 2023
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)
38-42 Bay Avenue/Block 5088/Lot 30/East Ward)
Additional Information:
The former American Rendering Berkowitz Fat Co.
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WHEREAS, a grant and loan fund was established, jointly administered by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection ("NJDEP") and the New Jersey Economic Development Authority ("NJEDA") known as the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund ("HDSRF") codified as N.J.S.A. 58:10B-1 et seq., dedicated for the provision of financial assistance to municipal governmental entities, individuals, corporations, partnerships and other private business entities for the purpose of financing remediation activities for sites, at which there is, or is suspected of being a discharge of hazardous substances or hazardous wastes; and
WHEREAS, the City of Newark (the "City") has applied for and has been awarded a grant in the amount of up to Ninety-Eight Thousand Seven Hundred Eleven and Zero Cents ($98,711.00) from the Hazardous Discharge Site Remediation Fund Municipal Grant Program through the New Jersey De...
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