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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Idaho Department of
Parks and Recreation,
Challis, ID
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 Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation (IDPR)
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
IDPR serves the State of Idaho (population 1,393,262).
The target site is in Custer County (population 4,114),
a rural, mountainous region where the economy relies
heavily on ranching, mining, and tourism. Custer
County's median household income is approximately
14 percent less than the state's median, its unemploy-
ment rate is 8.3 percent, and 14.3 percent of residents
live below the poverty level. Heavy metal concentra-
tions in abandoned mining lands represent an exces-
sive risk to recreational users of the property and local
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Idaho Department of Parks
and Recreation for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Grant funds will be used to clean up the 60-acre
Historic Bayhorse Mining District Townsite, in
Section 3, Township 12N 18E, at the Boise
Meridian. The contamination is a result of the
primitive milling and smelting technologies
employed in the late 1800s.
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://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
sites/bf
Grant Recipient: Idaho Department of Parks and
Recreation, ID
208-334-4180, ext. 253
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
residents. When the site is cleaned up, IDPR proposes
using the property for a historic state park. The new
state park will allow for an increase in tourism and
increase the demand for tourist-based facilities such as
hotels, restaurants, and camping facilities in the area.
The community will benefit culturally and economically
from revitalized brownfields. Brownfields redevelop-
ment will create jobs, reduce the public's exposure to
heavy metal contamination, prevent future brownfields
by ensuring that future mining operations do not take
place on the land, and preserve greenspace.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-06-197
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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