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Grant Fact Sheet
Seattle Housing
Authority, WA
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 Seattle Housing Authority was selected to receive
a brownfields cleanup grant. The target area lies along
the 12th Avenue Corridor, which runs through the heart
of the City of Seattle (population 563,374). It is an
important north-south route at the crossroads of the
Central Area, Capitol Hill, International District, and
First Hill neighborhoods. This once vital commercial
area is now a federally designated Enterprise Commu-
nity. The median household income for the area is 47
percent of the city median. Thirty-one percent of
families live below the poverty level, and more than 40
percent of area residents are minorities. At the urging
of neighborhood residents, the city has developed a
revitalization plan for the area that will turn the corridor
Cleanup Grant
$52,975 for hazardous substances
$43,934 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Seattle Housing Authority
for a brownfields cleanup grant. Grant funds will
be used to clean up contaminated soil and ground-
water at the Turner Beatter Residence at 109 12th
Avenue. Solvents and fuel oil leached onto the
property from an adjacent parcel that once was
the site of a drycleaning facility. Grant funds will
be used to conduct community outreach activities,
excavate and dispose of the contaminated soils,
and remediate contaminated groundwater.
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: Seattle Housing Authority, WA
206-615-3551
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
into a pedestrian-oriented mixed-use boulevard. The
city recently completed the first phase of significant
improvements to the streetscape, including widening
the sidewalk, planting trees, and installing new lighting.
Assessment and cleanup of these brownfields sites will
enable the Housing Authority to redevelop this portion
of the 12th Avenue Corridor and construct a mixed-use
building combining street-level retail space with
affordable housing.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-217
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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