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Brownfields 2007
Grant Fact Sheet
East Tennessee
Development District
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 East Tennessee Development District (ETDD)
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment
grant. Located in the heart of Appalachia, the ETDD
serves 16 counties (combined population 1,050,543).
Three of the ETDD counties include Rural Enterprise
Communities, and part of the City of Knoxville is an
Empowerment Zone. The region depends heavily on
government facilities for employment. Over the past
several years, the downsizing of these facilities has led
to significant job losses. The median household
income is 26 percent lower than the national average.
Sixteen percent of residents in the region live below
the poverty level. There are deserted commercial
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the East Tennessee Develop-
ment District (ETDD) for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Hazardous substances grant funds
will be used to inventory and prioritize
brownfields sites, and conduct at least ten Phase I
and as many Phase II environmental site assess-
ments as possible throughout the ETDD's 16-
county region. Grant funds also will be used to
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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8792
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf/index.htm
Grant Recipient: East Tennessee Development
District
865-273-6003
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.
buildings, and vacant lots throughout the region.
Streams, rivers, and lakes are impacted by runoff from
brownfields. The ETDD plans to establish a regionally
focused program for eventual cleanup and redevelop-
ment of brownfields. This program is expected to lead
to economic growth while helping to preserve trea-
sured agricultural and forest areas.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-07-044
May 2007
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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