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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Portland, OR
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
The City of Portland was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants and a brownfields
cleanup grant. Located in northwest Oregon, Portland
(population 5 62,690) is a vibrant urban community with
many brownfields. Most of the estimated 800 potential
brownfields in Portland's East Side are located along
transportation corridors next to residential neighbor-
hoods. Pollutants at these sites are carried through
watersheds that drain to the Willamette or Columbia
Rivers, which are home to migrating salmon. The city's
brownfields efforts are focused on North/Northeast
Portland, which is a federally designated Enterprise
Community, and Southeast Portland. Poverty rates in
these areas are as high as 25 percent, and from 39 to
41 percent of residents are minorities. Assessment of
brownfields is expected to catalyze redevelopment by
clarifying the extent of environmental contamination.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Portland for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to perform about
10 Phase I and up to seven Phase II environmental
site assessments, and support community outreach
activities. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct the same tasks at sites with potential
petroleum contamination.
Cleanup Grant
$180,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Portland for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Petroleum grant funds
will be used to clean up the Rollin' Tire site at
10738 SE Foster Road, which is contaminated with
petroleum products. The site was formerly a gas
station, automobile service center, and tire retail
outlet. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
cleanup planning and 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 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-7299
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/sites/bf
Grant Recipient: City of Portland, OR
503-823-5863
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.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-204
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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The Rollin' Tire site is in Southeast Portland's Lents
community, where some neighborhoods have poverty
rates as high as 30.4 percent. When the target site is
cleaned up, the city plans to include it in a proposed
eco-industrial center and reuse it as greenspace.
Cleanup is expected to leverage funds for further
green development.
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