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 Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact Sheet

           North Fork

           Community

        Development

          Council,  CA

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 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 North Fork Community Development Council
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
The Development Council is a non-profit organization
in the Town of North Fork (population 3,500), located
in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains. The
town is an isolated community historically supported
by the timber industry. In 1994, the town's lumber mill
closed, and as a result, more than 10 percent of the
community's jobs were lost and approximately one-
 Cleanup Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the North Fork Community
 Development Council for a brownfields cleanup
 grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
 used to clean up the 135-acre North Fork Mill
 site at 57839 Road 225. The site was a lumber
 mill for 50 years, and is contaminated with PCBs,
 dioxin, and petroleum hydrocarbons. Grant funds
 also will be used to develop cleanup plans, and
 conduct community involvement activities.
 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
 415-972-3092
 http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
 index.html
 Grant Recipient: North Fork Community Develop-
 ment Council, CA
 559-877-2244
 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
sixth of businesses dependent on the mill closed down.
Many members of the Native American Mono commu-
nity were employed by the mill or auxiliary businesses,
so this community was particularly hard hit. Approxi-
mately 52 percent of North Fork residents earn low
incomes, and 21 percent live in poverty. Brownfields
redevelopment is expected to benefit the North Fork
community by enhancing property values, and provid-
ing jobs, community amenities, and affordable housing.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-06-180
                        May 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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