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  Brownfields  2007

  Grant Fact  Sheet

     Freshwater Land

       Trust,  Jefferson

           County, 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 Freshwater Land Trust was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in central
Alabama, the Freshwater Land Trust established the
Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership, which in-
cludes the communities of Center Point, Birmingham,
Tarrant, Fultondale, Brookside, and Graysville (com-
bined population 340,000). These communities are
located along Five Mile Creek, which has been
described in local newspaper articles as the most
polluted stream in Alabama. The communities have a
long history of industrial and mining activities that pre-
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Freshwater Land Trust for a
 brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
 stances grant funds will be used to inventory and
 select brownfield sites for assessment, and to
 conduct Phase I and II environmental site assess-
 ments. 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: Freshwater Land Trust, AL
 205-214-8613

 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.
date environmental regulations. Many of the aban-
doned operations have left behind sites contaminated
with hazardous substances. Brownfields assessment
will help the Five Mile Creek Greenway Partnership
achieve its goals of creating agreenway along Five
Mile Creek and improving water quality. This will
contribute to the economic revitalization of communi-
ties located along the creek by encouraging capital
investment in these communities.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-07-056
                        May 2007
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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