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Brownfields 2004
Grant Fact Sheet
SouthEast Effective
Development (SEED),
Southeast
Washington
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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, the President
signed into law the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields RevitalizationAct. 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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The SouthEast Effective Development of Seattle was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
target area, Rainier Valley, is Seattle's most diverse
neighborhood with 60 different ethnic and cultural
groups. The area encompasses 15 percent of Seattle's
land area and 75,000 people. Seventy-three percent of
the residents are non-white, and 16 percent of the
households are single-parent households (compared to
6.2 percent city-wide). The area has the region's
largest concentration of children. Unemployment is
estimated at 13 percent compared to 7.2 percent for
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the SouthEast Effective Devel-
opment of Seattle for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the Rainier Court Development Phase II
site at 3634 33rd Avenue South, which is contami-
nated from widespread unregulated dumping since
the 1930s. Former underground storage tanks,
industrial wastes, and polycyclic aromatic hydro-
carbons will be cleaned up. When completed, the
7-acre site will be the area's largest community
revitalization project in the last 20 years featuring
mixed-use redevelopment.
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
www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on "Superfund,"
scroll down to "Related Programs" and click on
"Brownfields"
Grant Recipient: SouthEast Effective
Development (SEED), WA
206-760-4261
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
the state, and 15-20 percent of the residents receive
food stamps. The redevelopment area is a federally
recognized Enterprise Community. Cleanup will result
in a mixed-use development of affordable housing and
jobs, and catalyze local reinvestment.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-04-200
June 2004
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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