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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Yolo County, 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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Yolo County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. The county (population 168,660)
will address sites in the Esparto community (popula-
tion 2,753), its largest rural unincorporated commu-
nity. Agriculture is the economic base of the commu-
nity. The community's downtown began declining
approximately 20 years ago, losing retail and other
job-producing local businesses. Currently, the Esparto
community has no service stations and is home to one
grocery market and limited medical facilities. For
many goods and services, Esparto residents must
travel 15 miles to neighboring towns. With rising fuel
costs, this is especially burdensome to Esparto's low-
income residents, who comprise 58 percent of the
population. The decline of local businesses has left
many vacant, underused, and potentially contaminated
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Yolo County for two brownfields
assessment grants. Hazardous substances grant
funds will be used to create a brownfields inven-
tory and conduct up to five Phase I and three Phase
II environmental site assessments within Yolo
County's Esparto community. Grant funds also will
be used to conduct community outreach activities.
Petroleum grant funds will be used to perform the
same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
contamination.
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
415-972-3091
http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Yolo County, CA
530-666-8066
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negoti-
ated. Therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
buildings in the community. Assessment of properties
in Esparto is expected to help spur redevelopment of
the community's business corridor.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-198
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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