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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

   Summit County, CO




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

Summit County was  selected to receive a brownfields
cleanup grant. Of Summit County's 24,225 residents,
2,939 live in the Snake River Basin, which includes
Peru Creek. The mine is one of five priority sites
identified after Summit County completed assessments
of more than 250 mined sites in the Peru Creek Basin.
The county is working with the community-wide Snake
River Watershed Task Force to improve water quality
and protect open space in the region. Once cleaned up,
the property will be used as a trailhead to the Continen-
tal Divide National Scenic Trail, a parking lot, and back
country interpretive area. Revitalization of the Shoe
Basin Mine will improve and restore the natural
ecosystem, preserve  scenic open space,  and enhance
recreational opportunities in the area.
                      Cleanup Grant
                      $195,000 for hazardous substances

                      EPA has selected Summit County for a
                      brownfields cleanup grant. The cleanup grant will
                      target the abandoned Shoe Basin Mine in the Peru
                      Creek Basin. The mine, which had been mined for
                      gold, silver, copper, lead, and zinc, has been
                      inactive since 1929.
                      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 8 Brownfields Team
                      303-312-6803
                      http://www.epa.gov/region08/land_waste/bfhome/
                      bfhome.html

                      Grant Recipient: Summit County, CO
                      970-668-4067

                      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-04-207
                                            June 2004
                                            www.epa.gov/brownfields

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