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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant Fact  Sheet

          Clay  County

         Development

         Authority,  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 Clay County Development Authority was selected
to receive a brownfields assessment grant. The City of
Green Cove Springs (population 6,387) is the target
area for this grant. Located in northeastern Florida,
Green Cove Springs contains a distressed area that has
higher unemployment levels, a larger minority popula-
tion, and higher poverty rates than Clay County
(population 178,899) as a whole. Nearly 15 percent of
families in the target area live below the poverty level.
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the Clay County Development
 Authority for a brownfields assessment grant.
 Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
 conduct up to 10 Phase I and five to 10 Phase II
 environmental site assessments in the Green Cove
 Springs area. Grant funds also will be used to
 support 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 4 Brownfields Team
 404-562-8792
 http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf
 Grant Recipient: Clay County Development
 Authority, FL
 904-264-1005
 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.
In addition, the target area contains the largest
concentration of industrially zoned land in Clay County.
The closure of four manufacturers in the past seven
years has resulted in hundreds of displaced workers,
deteriorating plant facilities, and economic decline.
Brownfields assessments are expected to catalyze
cleanup, redevelopment, and revitalization of the
target area.
                                                Solid Waste and
                                                Emergency Response
                                                (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-08-214
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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