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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Salt Lake County, UT
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
Salt Lake County was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Located in the Salt
Lake Valley, Salt Lake County (population 1,002,947) is
targeting sites in the West Millcreek area for assess-
ment. The area has a long history of commercial and
industrial operations, including trucking and paving
companies, a cement plant, and printing and graphics
companies. It also contains limited residential develop-
ment. The area has a higher percentage of minority
residents than the county as a whole, and 26 percent of
residents live below the poverty level. While develop-
ment has thrived in surrounding areas of the county, the
West Millcreek area has experienced a decrease in
population, a higher-than-average poverty level, and
low property values. The commercial and industrial
land uses in the area have resulted in potential environ-
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected Salt Lake County for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to conduct an
area-wide Phase I environmental site assessment
and about 20 Phase II environmental site assess-
ments in the 135.3-acre West Millcreek 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 8 Brownfields Team
303-312-7074
http://www.epa.gov/region8/brownfields
Grant Recipient: Salt Lake County, UT
801-468-2280
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.
mental contamination that discourages development.
Brownfields assessment in the West Millcreek area is
expected to provide the county with information about
potential contamination at the sites and help catalyze
redevelopment.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-08-180
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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