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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
King County, 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
King County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. Located in western Washington,
King County (population 1,808,300) includes a
federally designated Enterprise Community in the City
of Seattle. The county is focusing its brownfields
efforts in its three manufacturing and industrial centers
(MICs), and several cities, including Bothell, Seattle,
Shoreline, Pacific, and Vashon. The MICs are the
principal areas of historic contamination in the county.
The poverty and unemployment rates and the percent-
ages of minority residents in and around some of these
neighborhoods are significantly higher than the county
averages. There are 910 identified contaminated sites
in the county, and the impact of brownfields is wide-
spread. Sites are generally small in size, and many are
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected King County for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to conduct
two to three Phase I and two to three Phase II
environmental site assessments. Funds also will
be used for community outreach activities.
Petroleum grant funds will be used to perform the
same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
contamination.
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: King County, WA
206-296-8476
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.
close to residential neighborhoods. Potential future site
uses include greenspace and residential, commercial,
and industrial facilities. Brownfields redevelopment
will create family-wage jobs, contribute to tax bases,
and increase property values.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-090
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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