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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Anchorage, AK
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders 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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Municipality of Anchorage was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. Located on the
Pacific Rim in southern Alaska, Anchorage (popula-
tion 260,283) is a young city, established in 1915, that
is beginning to experience misuse and overuse of
some of its land. The cleanup grant will address
contamination at the Peacock Cleaners site, which is
located in an area of high-density housing. The
population of the surrounding neighborhood is diverse
and has lower incomes than the municipality's
average. When the Peacock Cleaners site is cleaned
up, the municipality plans to redevelop it for future
commercial or business use.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Municipality of Anchorage
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up
the Peacock Cleaners site at 4501 Lake Otis
Parkway, including removing an underground
storage tank and drums. The site is a former dry
cleaning facility that is contaminated with
hazardous substances, including chlorinated and
other solvents.
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
206-553-7299
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bf
Grant Recipient: Municipality of Anchorage, AK
907-343-7986
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-256
July 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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