SEFft
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Solid Waste
And Emergency Response
(5401 G)
EPA 510-F-02-016
June 2002
www. epa. gov/oust/
 Underground  Storage

 Tanks  And  Brown fields  Sites
                                                            WASHINGTON/Tacoma
 EPA's US Tfields Initiative funds states and tribes to conduct pilot projects in brownfields communities to assess and clean up petroleum
 contamination from federally-regulated underground storage tanks (USTs) at idle or abandoned commercial properties. Petroleum
 contamination has generally been excluded from funding under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and
 Liability Act (CERCLA) and has not, therefore, been covered under EPA's Brownfields Program. In 2002, EPA's Office of Underground
 Storage Tanks (OUST) competitively selected 40 state and tribal USTfields Pilots. In each pilot, the state will work with a local
 community or the tribe will work with its EPA Region to address identified sites. Each pilot is awarded up to $100,000 of Leaking
 Underground Storage Tank (LUST) Trust funds to assess and clean up petroleum-contaminated sites; as a result, the sites will be ready
 for future reuse.
 BACKGROUND

 The State of Washington will work with the City of Tacoma
 to assess and clean up petroleum contamination from four
 underground storage tanks at the Tacoma Gas Station
 Park. One  or more of these tanks has leaked petroleum
 products into the soil and groundwater.  For 16 years, this
 abandoned  gas station, which is surrounded by residential
 neighborhoods, has been a health threat and a visual blight
 to the surrounding communities.  Local communities and
 the local government are active at the site and have
 committed  significant financial and in-kind resources.
 USTfields Pilot funds will help leverage matching funds from
 the community and other organizations to supplement
 funding.
 OBJECTIVES

 Using USTfields Pilot funds, the State of Washington will
 team with the City of Tacoma to assess and clean up
 petroleum contamination from underground storage tanks
 at the Tacoma Gas Station Park. After the contamination
 is cleaned up, the community will work to develop a pocket
 park, which may include a play area for children,  a half
 basketball court, paths, benches, and landscaping.
                                                    EPA Region 10
                            Applicant Name: State of Washington

                            Local Partner: City of Tacoma

                            Date of Selection: June 2002

                            Profile: The State of Washington will work with the
                            City of Tacoma to assess and clean up petroleum
                            contamination from underground storage tanks at
                            the Tacoma Gas Station Park site.

                                                 Contacts:

                                                 EPA Region 10

                                                 Wally Moon
                                                 (206) 553-6903
                                            Washington State
                                            Department of Ecology
                                            Mike Blum
                                            (360) 407-6262
                                                  For further information, go to www.epa.gov/oust/
                                  EPA USTfields INITIATIVE
EPA has not yet negotiated the Cooperative Agreements with states and tribes to fund these pilots; therefore, activities are subject to change.

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