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  Brownfields  2006

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

       Public Health -

        Seattle  &  King

          County,  WA


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
Public Health - Seattle & King County (PHSKC) was
selected to receive a brownfields assessment grant.
King County (population 1,737,034) is located on the
Puget Sound in western Washington State, and covers
more than 2,200 square miles. The Seattle-King
County region is a culturally diverse area, with immi-
gration playing a pivotal role in Seattle's increasing
diversity. Its population includes Native American,
African-American, Native Hawaiian, Latino, and
Southeast Asian residents. The poverty rate in the
county is 8.4 percent. Over the past decade, residents
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected Public Health - Seattle & King
 County (PHSKC) for a brownfields assessment
 grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
 used to conduct community-wide assessment of
 contaminated methamphetamine drug lab sites.
 Grant funds also will be used for 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 10 Brownfields Team
 206-553-2100
 http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
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 Grant Recipient: Public Health - Seattle & King
 County, WA
 206-296-4806
 The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
 yet been  negotiated; therefore, activities described
 in this fact sheet are subject to change.
have witnessed a dramatic increase in the number of
makeshift drug labs that continue to impact their
communities. These labs are found throughout King
County, with a large concentration in the southern part
of the county. Contamination from methamphetamine
drug lab activities has caused negative social, eco-
nomic, and environmental impacts on King County.
Brownfields assessment, eventual cleanup, and rede-
velopment will increase the economic value of con-
taminated properties, increase community pride, and
decrease health and environmental threats associated
with methamphetamine labs.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                         EPA 560-F-06-204
                         May 2006
                         www.epa.gov/brownfields

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