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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
Phoenix, AZ
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 Phoenix was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. While Phoenix is
famous for its resorts and golf courses, current and
historic industrial uses have left the city with a number
of brownfields, including landfills, junkyards, and many
industrial facilities just beyond the banks of the Salt
River near downtown. One of the fastest growing
cities in the United States, Phoenix is expected to grow
from a current population of 1.3 million to more than 5
million by 2025. Sprawling over 485 square miles,
Phoenix's most critical need is transportation to meet
this anticipated growth. Residents living within one-half
mile of the light-rail project corridor are disproportion-
ately minorities (40.2 percent), and 22.8 percent of
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Phoenix for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances and petroleum funds will be used to
conduct separate Phase II environmental site
assessments at selected properties among the 425
potentially contaminated sites within 100 feet of
the 13-mile Light Rail Corridor. Once these sites
are remediated, the light rail project will bring
critical public transportation benefits to the city, as
well as remove environmental and health hazards
to the neighboring communities.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
Grant Recipient: Phoenix, AZ
602-256-5669
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
these residents live in poverty, compared with 15.8
percent of the city as a whole. More than eight percent
of residents near the light-rail project use public
transportation as their primary mode, compared to 3.3
percent of the city as a whole. Phoenix is a federally
designated Enterprise Community.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-04-172
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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