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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Colorado Department
of Labor and
Employment, CO
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
The Colorado Department of Labor and Employment,
Division of Oil and Public Safety was selected to
receive a brownfields assessment grant. Abandoned and
underused petroleum-contaminated properties are a
common sight in almost every community throughout the
State of Colorado (population 4.5 million). Currently
there are more than 1,200 contaminated sites being
remediated by responsible parties and approximately 80
are being remediated by the state using federal leaking
underground storage tank (LUST) trust fund and state
monies. Despite this progress, the state has not been
able to commit resources to identifying, investigating, and
remediating low-priority abandoned petroleum sites.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Colorado Department of
Labor and Employment, Division of Oil and Public
Safety for a brownfields assessment grant. Grant
funds will be used to identify, prioritize, and assess
potential brownfields, and develop cleanup and
reuse plans for low-priority petroleum-contami-
nated sites throughout the State of Colorado.
Funds also will be used to conduct stakeholder
meetings and to establish the level of effort
needed to redevelop or revitalize individual sites.
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 8 Brownfields Team
303-312-6803
http://www.epa.gov/region08/land_waste/bfhome/
bfhome.html
Grant Recipient: Colorado Department of Labor
and Employment
303-318-8530
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Many of these sites are abandoned, small neighborhood
service stations that have been replaced by high-volume
retail outlets. Many are eyesores located in low-income
neighborhoods where residents can be exposed to
contaminants. Assessment and cleanup of the sites will
help eliminate potential health and environmental risks,
remove a stigma from affected communities, and
increase local property values. Redevelopment will add
new business and employment opportunities that will, in
turn, add revenues to the local tax base.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-05-224
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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