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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
Anniston, AL
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 City of Anniston was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The City of Anniston's
(population 24,276) proximity to rail lines and rich
iron deposits gave rise to an economy based on iron
and steel industries. By 1929, Anniston was home to
117 iron foundries and other manufacturing industries.
As many of these industries declined, jobs were lost,
and a legacy of environmental degradation was left
behind. Many of the city's older foundries and heavy
manufacturing facilities were located in West
Anniston, which today is characterized as the city's
most economically distressed area. From 1980 to
2000, West Anniston experienced a 46 percent popula-
tion loss. More than 90 percent of West Anniston
residents are African-American. When the targeted
Chalkline Mill site is cleaned up, it will be reused for a
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Anniston for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the Chalkline
Mill site at 215 West llth Street. The site is a 14-
acre abandoned textile mill that operated from
1880 until 1995 and is contaminated with arsenic,
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, and PCBs.
Grant funds also will be used to conduct commu-
nity involvement 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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8792
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: City of Anniston, AL
256-236-3422
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.
mix of retail uses, restaurants, and cultural facilities,
such as a civil rights museum. Cleanup and redevelop-
ment of the site will reduce human exposure to hazard-
ous substances and create employment opportunities
for Anniston residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-007
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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