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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

 California Department

  of Toxic  Substances

  Control,  Jackson  and

     Sutter  Creek,  CA


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 California Department of Toxic Substances
Control (DTSC) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The DTSC is targeting mine-waste
sites in the Cities of Jackson and Sutter Creek (com-
bined population 7,000). These neighboring small
rural communities are located in the Sierra Nevada
foothills in the heart of California's historic Mother
Lode gold mining region. For years, the area's
economy was based on the hard-rock gold mining
industry. By the 1950s, all of the mines had closed,
 Assessment Grant
 $200,000 for hazardous substances
 EPA has selected the California Department of
 Toxic Substances Control for a brownfields
 assessment grant. Hazardous substances grant
 funds will be used to inventory brownfield sites,
 incorporate survey information into a geographic
 information system, and conduct five Phase I and
 two Phase II environmental site assessments in the
 Cities of Jackson and Sutter Creek.
 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 9 Brownfields Team
 415-972-3091
 http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields
 Grant Recipient: California Department of Toxic
 Substances Control
 916-255-3730

 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.
leaving behind unused mine-scarred lands and a
stagnant economy. In recent years, the area has
experienced an influx of people from urban centers.
Despite this growth, area unemployment rates are
higher and median income levels are lower than state
averages. Brownfield sites in Jackson and Sutter Creek
consist primarily of former mine properties that pose
health threats to community residents and limit
available land resources for development. Brownfields
assessments will help the DTSC determine site im-
pacts and cleanup strategies, and are expected to
facilitate redevelopment in Jackson and Sutter Creek.
                                               Solid Waste and
                                               Emergency Response
                                               (5105T)
                       EPA560-F-08-182
                       April 2008
                       www.epa.gov/brownfields

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