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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant Fact  Sheet

  Guam Environmental

    Protection Agency



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 Guam Environmental Protection Agency was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
The island of Guam (population 150,000) is a 209-
square-mile island approximately 3,800 miles west of
the State of Hawaii. Due to its isolation, the economy
of Guam is driven mainly by tourism and, to a lesser
extent, military expenditures. Recently, Guam has
experienced serious economic hardship. The unem-
ployment rate on the island has increased from 2.8
percent in 1990 to 15 percent. The per capita income is
$12,722, and 20 percent of residents live below the
poverty level. The 19 villages of Guam are home to
the remnants of numerous camps, depots, and other
military facilities dating to World War II. Today,
  Assessment  Grants
  $200,000 for hazardous substances
  $200,000 for petroleum

  EPA has selected the Guam Environmental
  Protection Agency for two brownfields assess-
  ment grants. Hazardous substances grant funds
  will be used to conduct community outreach
  activities, develop an inventory of sites, perform
  Phase I and, if required, Phase II environmental
  site assessments in at least three of the 19 island
  villages, and establish land use initiatives and
  institutional controls. 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 9 Brownfields Team
  415-972-3092
  http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
  index.html

  Grant Recipient: Guam Environmental Protection
  Agency, GU
  671-475-1644

  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to change.
contaminated materials remaining from past military
activities pose potential threats to the environment and
residents of the island. Because Guam is an island, land
and potable water are precious commodities, as well as
limited resources. Assessment and eventual cleanup of
the island's brownfields will enable redevelopment of
these sites and create new jobs and tax revenues, which
will benefit the entire island community.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                         EPA560-F-06-190
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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