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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Lane 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
Lane County was selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Most of Lane County's (population
329,400) rural communities are considered economi-
cally depressed by the State Economic and Community
Development Department. For a long time, the county
depended on the wood products industry for employ-
ment. With the decline in the timber industry over the
last several years, the county has experienced higher
than average unemployment rates. The county also is
faced with 142 unresolved leaking underground storage
tanks that have had a significant effect on property
values and discouraged redevelopment. Cleanup of the
McVay Highway property will reduce the risk of
groundwater contamination to area residents and allow
Cleanup Grant
$197,520 for petroleum
EPA has selected Lane County for a brownfields
cleanup grant. Grant funds will be used to develop
plans and install a dual-phased (vapor and ground-
water) remediation system and groundwater
monitoring wells at the McVay Highway property,
the site of a former gas station. Funds also will be
used to conduct community involvement activities.
Although all five underground storage tanks
(USTs) on the property were decommissioned
and removed by the previous owner, site assess-
ments revealed groundwater contaminated with
hydrocarbons near and downgradient from the
removed USTs.
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: Lane County, OR
541-682-4174
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
the county to proceed with the plans to develop a
biodiesel fueling station at the site. The county's
partner in this development, SeQuential Biofuels (SB),
will also use the site as a base for its operations in the
county. This redevelopment is expected to bring jobs to
the local community and help reduce dependence on
petroleum-based products in the area.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-212
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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