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Brownfields 2005
Grant Fact Sheet
Portland, OR
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 Portland was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants and a cleanup grant.
The target areas are in North and Northeast neighbor-
hoods, on the east side of Portland (population
526,986). These neighborhoods have a disproportionate
number of minority and low-income residents, and are
within a federally designated Enterprise Community.
In North and Northeast Portland, minorities comprise
41 percent of the population, and the average poverty
rate is 17 percent. In some neighborhoods, the poverty
rate is as high as 37 percent. This area also is home to
641 potential brownfields sites which are contaminating
the soil, surface water, and groundwater with PCBs,
asbestos, lead, petroleum, and benzene. The former
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Portland for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances or petroleum grant funds will be used
to conduct Phase I and II site assessments,
perform cleanup planning, and implement commu-
nity outreach activities in North and Northeast
Portland neighborhoods with a total of 641
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Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Portland for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will be
used to clean up 8735 North Lombard, a former
automotive maintenance shop and refueling
station which contains 12 underground storage
tanks. The shop operated from 1930 to 1950,
when it also served as a parking garage. Grant
funds also will 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
206-553-2100
http://www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on
"Superfund", scroll down and click on
"Brownfields"
Grant Recipient: City of Portland, OR
503-823-5863
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-215
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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auto maintenance shop targeted for cleanup is in a
neighborhood with several automobile garages and gas
stations that is sandwiched between the city's largest
industrial areas. Cleanup and redevelopment of the
brownfields will help these communities generate new
jobs, services and amenities; retain existing businesses;
and protect residents from health risks. Redevelopment
also will increase the city's tax base and preserve
greenspace.
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