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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant Fact Sheet

           Caldwell,  ID




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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Caldwell was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. The city has a population
of about 31,000 and a per capita income of only $ 18,038,
which places it in the bottom 25 percent of Idaho
counties. Caldwell's downtown area has been gradually
deteriorating over the past 40 years, as businesses have
relocated to nearby Boise regional shopping areas and
business districts. The city, which has a number of
buildings on the National Registry of Historic Places, has
decided that the best way to revitalize the downtown
area is to offer a different kind of shopping and living
experience. To that end, the city is proposing to uncover
and relocate Indian Creek, which currently runs through
the downtown areas as a covered channel. The relo-
cated creek would run through a new greenbelt that will
   Assessment Grant
   $200,000 for petroleum

   EPA has selected the City of Caldwell for a
   brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
   used to assess locations with suspected petroleum
   releases within a 46-acre parcel in downtown
   Caldwell. If necessary, funds also will be used to
   develop remediation plans and design.
   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
   www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on
   "Superfund,"scroll down to "Related Programs"
   and click on "Brownfields"

   Grant Recipient: Caldwell, ID
   208-455-4734

   The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
   yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
   in this fact sheet are subject to change.
be constructed with help from the Army Corps of
Engineers. The city's vision is to create a new Interna-
tional Marketplace/Municipal and Cultural Center in this
new riparian area, with rehabilitated habitat on each side
of the creek, including pedestrian and bicycle paths. The
proposed creek path that would provide the best eco-
nomic development benefit and the best habitat restora-
tion will pass through areas with a history of past
industrial and commercial uses, including previous dry-
cleaners and several car maintenance facilities and
former service stations. The environmental assessment
of the land using the brownfields assessment grant funds
will facilitate moving the creek, creating the greenbelt,
and fostering redevelopment/reuse of the remaining
buildings.
                                                   Solid Waste and
                                                   Emergency Response
                                                   (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-04-115
                         June 2004
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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