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  Brownfields 2007

  Grant Fact Sheet

       Tacoma-Pierce

        County Health

     Department, 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

The Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
The target community is Tacoma's wellhead protection
zone, located in the City of Tacoma and parts of Pierce
County (population 745,411). This area has a high
concentration of former gas station sites that pose a
threat to the public water supply. The area is home to
about 32 percent of the county's population, and 41
percent of its minority residents. The poverty rate in
the target area is about 15 percent. There is no tank
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for petroleum

 EPA has selected the Tacoma-Pierce County
 Health Department for a brownfields assessment
 grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
 perform five to ten Phase I and II environmental
 site assessments at former gas stations, and to
 support community outreach activities.
 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: Tacoma-Pierce County Health
 Department, WA
 253-798-4784

 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.
removal or site cleanup documentation for most of the
former gas station sites in the target area. The health
and environmental risks posed by these sites are
unknown. Potential contamination also makes the sites
unattractive for redevelopment. Brownfields assess-
ment will assist the health department to reduce
environmental uncertainties at these former gas
stations, promote green construction and energy
efficiency, and encourage redevelopment of underused
commercial properties.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-07-171
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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