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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Petaluma, CA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
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 City of Petaluma was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in Sonoma
County, Petaluma (population 54,548) was founded in
1852 as a historic river town that became recognized
as a center for agriculture, shipping, and manufactur-
ing. Since then, it has also supported a broad mix of
uses, including trade, commercial businesses, and
housing. Hundreds of environmentally-impacted sites
have been identified in the city, including fuel service
and storage stations, tanneries, soap-making facilities,
poultry processing facilities, coal gasification plants,
and dry cleaners. The presence of blighted properties
hinders redevelopment and directly affects the popula-
tion. There have been many cases of hazardous
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Petaluma for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will
be used to develop a community-wide inventory
of potentially contaminated sites. Funds also will
be used to perform up to seven Phase I assess-
ments and up to three Phase II assessments, and
to conduct 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3188
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
index.html
Grant Recipient: City of Petaluma, CA
707-778-4555
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
materials impacting drinking wells, which recently led
the Sonoma County Environmental Health Department
to hire a specialist to address this issue. The Petaluma
River, the heart of downtown, is affected daily by the
many contaminated sites situated along and near its
banks. Brownfields redevelopment will attract new
jobs, promote new development, enhance the down-
town and river areas, and eliminate adverse physical
and economic conditions.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-142
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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