United States
                       Environmental
                       Protection Agency
                       Washington, D.C.  20460
  Solid Waste
  and Emergency
  Response (5101)
EPA500-F-97-128
April 1997
                       National  Brownfields
                       Assessment  Pilot
                                                      Fayetteville,  NC
  Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5101)
                 Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower States, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. Between 1995 and 1996, EPA funded 76 National and Regional Brownfields
Assessment Pilots, at up to $200,000 each, to support creative two-year explorations and demonstrations of brownfields
solutions. EPAis funding morethan 27 Pilots in 1997. The Pilots are intended to provide EPA, States, Tribes, municipalities,
and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to  seek new methods to promote a unified
approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup, and redevelopment.
OVERVIEW

EPA has selected the City of Fayetteville as a
Brownfields Pilot. Downtown Fayetteville has been
in decline since the  1970s,  when businesses,
manufacturers, and other facilities closed or relocated
to outlying areas. More than half of the downtown
retail space is presently unoccupied. Environmental
contamination has been identified at three downtown
sites, and more contaminated areas may be identified
during the pilot program. By 1996, 52 percent of the
residents of downtown Fayetteville had a standard of
living below the poverty level. The unemployment
rate is 16 percent.

Cumberland County, which includes Fayetteville, is
the  only county in the state that is a federally-
designated Urban-Distressed Community.  Urban
redevelopment strategies are being  led by a
comprehensive vision that identifies the need for
public/private partnerships with significant emphasis
on brownfields. Three areas in downtown Fayetteville
will be targeted in the pilot.
  PILOT SNAPSHOT
Fayetteville, North Carolina
                     Date of Award:
                     April 1997

                     Amount: $200,000

                     Site Profile: The pilot will
                     address three areas in
                     downtown Fayetteville,
                     composed of mixed
                     residential, commercial,
                     and retail properties.
Contacts:

Roger Stancil
City of Fayetteville
(910)433-1990
 Barbara Dick
 U.S. EPA-Region 4
 (404) 562-8923
 dick.barbara@
 epamail.epa.gov
                                                      Visit the EPA Brownfields Website at:
                                                      http://www.epa.gov/brownfields

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OBJECTIVES

Fayetteville's goals  are to assess and  manage
environmental issues  related to redevelopment in
three targeted areas and inventory brownfields in the
downtown area.  The city has developed numerous
partnerships, including Cumberland County, Fort
Bragg, and Fayetteville State University, to identify
redevelopment opportunities, including brownfields,
that will help to restore over 3,000 downtown acres to
residential, recreational, educational, business, and
industrial use. The objectives  of the pilot  are to
conduct site assessments, conduct feasibility studies
at three sites, develop cleanup and reuse models, and
increase community involvement.

ACTIVITIES

Activities planned as part of this pilot include:

• Conducting Phase I environmental site assessments
  in the redevelopment target areas;

• Conducting Phase II site investigations to define the
  nature and extent of contamination at selected sites;

• Conducting feasibility  studies for three sites to
  evaluate  approaches  for  site  cleanup and
  redevelopment;

• Developing cleanup and reuse models most suitable
  to the community; and

• Increasing community involvement and  public
  participation in redevelopment planning.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact
sheet are subject to change.
  National Brownfields Assessment Pilot                                            Fayetteville, North Carolina
  April 1997                                                                        EPA 500-F-97-128

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