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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Salt River Pima-
Maricopa Indian
Community, Salt
River Reservation,
AZ
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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community
(SRPMIC) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant and a brownfields cleanup grant.
Located in south-central Arizona, the SRPMIC (popu-
lation 8,500) is adjacent to the rapidly growing
Maricopa County Cities of Scottsdale, Tempe, Foun-
Assessment Grant
i2006
$350,000 for hazardous substances'
EPA has selected the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community for a brownfields assessment
grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
used to conduct community outreach activities,
perform Phase I and II environmental site assess-
ments, and develop a cleanup and reuse strategy for
the 160-acre Feedlot Site located at the north-
central portion of the community.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
Indian Community for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Grant funds will be used to conduct community
outreach activities and implement the cleanup of
the Feedlot Site. The soil at the site is contaminated
with nitrates and pesticides and the groundwater is
contaminated with nitrates as a result of the 27
years of feedlot operations at the now vacant
property. In addition, there are other potentially
hazardous substances at the site related to illegal
dumping.
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3092
http://www.epa.gov/region09/waste/brown/
index.html
Grant Recipient: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
Community, AZ
480-850-8045
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-06-170
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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tain Hills, and Mesa. Tribal members represent two
pre-American sovereign tribes, the Pima and the
Maricopa. Unemployment and poverty rates in the
tribal community are approximately 20 and 40 percent,
respectively. These rates are in stark contrast to those
in the neighboring non-tribal communities. The
SRPMIC has targeted a 160-acre abandoned, contami-
nated property, the old Feedlot Site, for assessment and
cleanup. Tribal members cannot use the site for agricul-
ture, which is the economic mainstay of the commu-
nity. At the same time, the health of the community is
affected by exposure to the contaminated surface waste
and groundwater. Groundwater is the primary source of
drinking water in the community. Assessment and
eventual cleanup of the site will help resolve the health
risks posed by the contamination, address environmen-
tal justice issues, and return the property to productive
use. The SRPMIC plans to reuse the site for agricul-
tural development that will provide jobs in the commu-
nity.
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