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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Seattle Housing
Authority, 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 Seattle Housing Authority was selected to receive
a brownfields cleanup grant. The former NuWay
Cleaners site is the focus of this grant. The site is
situated in a key location along the 12th Avenue
Corridor in the heart of Seattle (population 563,374).
Contaminants from the site are migrating toward an
adjacent property that also requires cleanup. The
median household income of residents in the surround-
ing area is less than half the city median. Thirty-one
percent of neighborhood families live below the poverty
level, and more than 46 percent of residents are
minorities. Spurred by neighborhood residents, the city
has developed a revitalization plan that envisions the
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Seattle Housing Authority
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will
be used to clean up the former NuWay Cleaners
site atl!3-117S. 12th Avenue. Soil and ground-
water at the site are contaminated with
tetrachloroethene. Funds will be used to clean up
contaminated soil, remove underground storage
tanks, and monitor groundwater. The Authority
plans to coordinate this project with cleanup of an
adjacent site.
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/
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Grant Recipient: Seattle Housing Authority, WA
206-615-3551
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.
corridor as a pedestrian-oriented, mixed-use boulevard.
Once the NuWay Cleaners site is cleaned up, the
Authority plans to use the property for a building that
will include retail space and about 100 units of afford-
able housing. Redevelopment will help address the
area's growing housing needs. The Authority expects
this project to generate over 50 permanent jobs for
local residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-225
August 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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