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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact Sheet

       Bremerton,  WA


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 City of Bremerton was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in northwestern
Washington, west of Seattle, Bremerton (population
38,000) was once a thriving port city and naval
facility. Its economic decline started in the 1970s.
Between 1976 and 2002, no new structures were built
in the urban core of the city. Up to 57 percent of the
residents in the neighborhoods that surround the
targeted brownfields live in poverty. When
brownfields are revitalized, they will be used for light
industry redevelopment, marina services and busi-
nesses, and park lands. Brownfields redevelopment
will provide jobs for the city's most economically
disadvantaged residents, invite movement to urban
centers, stimulate economic development, and improve
the quality of life for residents.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the City of Bremerton for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
funds will be used for conducting Phase I and II
environmental site assessments, implementing
community outreach and developing cleanup
plans and redevelopment options for the Old
Bremerton Gasworks and Sesko Properties.
Between the 1920s and 1980s, these sites had
multiple uses, including bulk fuel storage,
electroplating, concrete manufacturing, gas
manufacturing, and a salvage yard.
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: City of Bremerton, WA
360-473-2376

The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-06-201
                        May 2006
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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