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 Brownfields  2007

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

   Louisville-Jefferson

        County Metro

     Government,  KY


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 Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government
was selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant
and a brownfields revolving loan fund grant. Located
in northwestern Kentucky, Louisville (population
556,429) includes the Park Hill Industrial Corridor, an
older 2,100-acre manufacturing center in West Louis-
ville. This area has experienced a decline in population
as a result of economic restructuring and plant clo-
sures. The unemployment rate in the corridor is 16
percent. More than 80 percent of the area's residents
are African-American, and 47.6 percent live below the
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the Louisville-Jefferson County
Metro Government for a brownfields assessment
grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
conduct six to eight Phase I, and three to five
Phase JJ environmental site assessments. Funds
also will be used for community outreach and
involvement activities.
Revolving Loan  Fund
Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances

EPA has selected the Louisville-Jefferson County
Metro Government for a brownfields revolving
loan fund grant. The grant will be used to capital-
ize a revolving loan fund from which the Louis-
ville-Jefferson County Metro Government will
provide loans and subgrants to support cleanup
activities for sites contaminated with hazardous
substances, especially in the Park Hill Industrial
Corridor. Grant funds also will be used to con-
duct community outreach and marketing activi-
ties.
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: Louisville-Jefferson County
Metro Government, KY
502-574-4140
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA 560-F-07-097
                       May 2007
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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poverty level. The industrial corridor contains aban-
doned, vacant, or underused brownfield sites. The
threat of contamination, whether perceived or real,
stifles redevelopment of the area. Assessment of
brownfields will promote eventual cleanup and
redevelopment, and stimulate private investment in the
Park Hill Industrial Corridor. Redevelopment of these
sites will help reverse the negative perceptions of the
corridor, stimulate employment opportunities, and
increase property values and local revenues in the
area.
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 negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.

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