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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Lake County, OR
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield site is
real property, the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse
of which may be complicated by the presence or
potential presence of a hazardous substance, pollutant,
or contaminant. On January 11, 2002, President George
W. Bush signed into law the Small Business Liability
Relief and Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the
Brownfields Law, EPA provides financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Lake County was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Lake County (population 7,400), located
in south central Oregon, is considered an economically
distressed area by the Oregon Economic and Commu-
nity Development Department. More than 13 percent
of two parent families, 43.5 percent of female-headed
families, and 16.1 percent of individuals living alone are
below the poverty level. Unemployment in the county
exceeds both state and national levels. Christmas
Valley, the location of the target site, is an unincorpo-
rated community in northern Lake County, more than
100 miles from the nearest city of size. Because of its
remote and central location, many pilots from the area
practice touch-and-goes at the Christmas Valley
Airport. But, because the airport lacks refueling
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Lake County for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct
community outreach activities and remediate
petroleum contamination at the Ole Turnbow
Exxon site in Christmas Valley, Oregon. Soil and
groundwater at the site have been impacted by
gasoline and diesel petroleum products and their
constituents as a result of releases from under-
ground storage tanks and pipes.
Contacts
For further information, including specific grant
contacts, additional grant information, brownfields
news and events, and publications and links, visit
the EPA Brownfields web site at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-2100
http://www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on
"Superfund", scroll down and click on
"Brownfields"
Grant Recipient: Lake County, OR
541-947-6003
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
capabilities, planes rarely land there. Cleanup of the
Ole Turnbow Exxon site will reduce the health threats
to the community and allow the county to redevelop the
property as a self service airplane refueling facility to
serve the adjacent airport. This will encourage pilots to
land in Christmas Valley and take advantage of com-
munity services. In addition, refueling capabilities will
benefit local ranchers and farmers who fly in and out
of the valley, visitors who come for recreation, and
those who may need emergency landing services or
regular refueling for fighting forest fires in the area.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-156
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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