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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

       Tallahassee, FL


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 this 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. Additionally, funding support is
provided to state and tribal response programs through
a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The City of Tallahassee was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in Florida's
panhandle, Tallahassee has a population of 176,336.
The city will focus its brownfields efforts on the area
known as the Gaines Street Corridor (GSC). The GSC,
comprised of 450 acres, is one of the oldest sections of
Tallahassee. It is a low-income minority community
where the family poverty rate is 30.9 percent and the
unemployment rate is 34 percent. The GSC's former
industrial uses include an historic rail corridor, chemical
warehousing, petroleum distribution centers, and a
former city-owned coal gasification plant and dump.
Twenty-four parcels in the GSC have been identified
as contaminated and another 49 parcels are perceived
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum

EPA has selected the City of Tallahassee for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to conduct up to
five Phase II environmental site assessments,
develop a public health monitoring plan, and support
community outreach activities. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to perform the same tasks at
sites with potential petroleum contamination.
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

Grant Recipient: City of Tallahassee, FL
850-891-5563

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.
to be contaminated. Assessment of these brownfields
is expected to help the city reverse this environmental
legacy and make properties more attractive for reuse.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-08-065
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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