United States
                    Environmental
                    Protection Agency
                    Washington, D.C. 20460
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5101)
 EPA 500-F-00-019
 April 2000
 www.epa.gov/brownfields/
  v>EPA   BrownfieldsSupplemental
                   Assistance
                                                                  Everett,  WA
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                   Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, safely clean up, and
sustainably reuse brownfields. A brownfield is a site, or portion thereof, that has actual or perceived contamination and
an active potential for redevelopment or reuse. EPA is funding:  assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded
up to $200,000 over two years), to assess brownfields sites and to test cleanup and redevelopment models; job training
pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years), to provide training for residents of communities affected
by brownfields to facilitate cleanup of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental
field; and, cleanup revolving loan fund programs (each funded up to $500,000 over five years) to capitalize loan funds
to make loans for the environmental cleanup of brownfields.  These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states,
tribes, municipalities, and communities with useful information and strategies as they continue to seek new methods
to promote a unified approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup,  and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA awarded the City of Everett  supplemental
assistance for  its Brownfields  Assessment
Demonstration Pilot. Everett is bordered on the east
by the  Snohomish River, a significant habitat for
protected fish species, including chinook salmon and
bull trout. Economic disruption has persisted in parts
of Everett since the 1970s. At that time, local base
industries began shifting away from forest products
and other natural resources to technology and
aerospace. As this shift occurred, lower-skilled jobs
became increasingly scarce, and pulp mills remain
idle today.  Currently,  21.4 percent of Everett's
population lives below the poverty level.

Two contiguous properties owned by the city and
totaling approximately 220 acres are the continuing
target of the Pilot. Together, these properties represent
the largest undeveloped site north of Seattle. The first
property (approximately 80 acres) was used as a burn
dump, scrap metal burial site, and municipal landfill.
The second property (approximately 140 acres) was
used as a pulp mill, log storage site, and railway car
washing site. These sites lay next to sensitive wetlands
and a river estuary. Earlier site investigations have
revealed the presence of contaminants which may be
affecting the river and groundwater.
  PILOT SNAPSHOT
     Everett, Washington
   Date of Announcement:
   March 2000

   Amount: $100,000

   Profile: The Pilot will
   target the stream and
   wetlands corridorthat lies
   between the Simpson Mill
   and landfill sites and that
   flows into the Snohomish
   River.
Contacts:

Department of Planning and
Community Development
City of Everett
(425)257-8769
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA-Region 10
(206)553-2100
       Visit the EPA Region 10 Brownfields web site at:
      http://epainotes1.rtpnc.epa.gov:7777/r10/
         cleanup.nsf/webpage/Brownfields

      Forfurther information, including specific Pilotcontacts,
    additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
    publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
          http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/

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OBJECTIVES AND  PLANNED ACTIVITIES

Everett's brownfields  efforts are  part of a larger
Snohomish River redevelopment project.  Through
this  project, the city is exploring  cleanup and
redevelopment options for two targeted brownfields.
The  redevelopment project is dependent on three
factors: an assessment of the property, relocation of
railroad tracks, and  restoration of the stream and
wetland corridor for surface water runoff and fisheries
habitat improvements.

The Pilot's assessment work will facilitate redesign
of the stream corridor to  improve water quality,
habitats for fish species covered by the Endangered
Species  Act, and open space and recreational
opportunities on the site.

To accomplish these objectives, the Pilot plans to:

• Conduct a water quality and soil-sampling program;

• Sample and analyze hydrologic conditions, including
 timing, frequency, volume, and velocity of flows at
 the site to assess the quality of the existing wetlands
 and evaluate alternatives;

• Design the channel and wetlands reconstruction to
 reconnect the stream to the river and create
 interconnecting pools that will provide slow-water
 habitats for salmon; and

• Prepare a revegetation plan for the site, which will
 include incorporating native wetland species.
The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                    Everett, Washington
 April 2000                                                                         EPA 500-F-00-019

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