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 Brownfields 2006

  Grant Fact Sheet

  SouthEast  Effective

         Development

 (SEED),   Seattle,   WA


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 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community  Description
SouthEast Effective Development (SEED) was se-
lected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. SEED is
a non-profit community-based organization in the
Rainier Valley of Seattle. The area to be addressed by
the brownfields cleanup grant, Rainier Valley (popula-
tion 75,000), is Seattle's most diverse neighborhood
with 60 different ethnic and cultural groups. Rainier
Valley encompasses 15  percent of Seattle's land area.
The area that will be cleaned up is within a federally
designated Enterprise Community. Rainier Valley has
the greatest concentrations of low- and moderate-
  Cleanup Grant
  $200,000 for hazardous substances
  EPA has selected SouthEast Effective Develop-
  ment (SEED) for a brownfields cleanup grant.
  Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
  continue the cleanup and revitalization of several
  parcels of land in Rainier Court Phase IV, located
  between 34th and 35th Avenues and Charlestown
  and Spokane Streets. The site is underdeveloped
  and contaminated from widespread unregulated
  dumping since the 1930s.
  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
  http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
  sites/bf
  Grant Recipient: SouthEast Effective Develop-
  ment (SEED), WA
  206-760-4266
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
income people in the city. Rainier Valley struggles with
crime, urban decay, property disinvestment, absentee
landlords, infrastructure deficiencies, and brownfields.
The presence of contamination adds to the cost of
construction, which discourages development. When the
brownfield area is cleaned up, SEED hopes to create a
new community and affordable housing. Brownfields
redevelopment will provide jobs, stimulate local rein-
vestment, contribute to the tax base, enhance property
values, reduce potential health risks from contamina-
tion, and create pride of ownership  in one of Seattle's
most diverse neighborhoods.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-06-205
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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