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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact Sheet

     Suffer 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 City of Sutter Creek was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Sutter Creek (popula-
tion 2,300) is a small community in California's
historic Mother Lode mining district in the Sierra
Nevada foothills. Its economy grew and flourished
around the hard rock gold mining industry. The timber
industry eventually replaced mining as the primary
employer in Sutter Creek. With the closing of the
mines and sharp downturn in the timber industry, the
economy of the area stagnated. Sutter Creek has
survived primarily on its attraction as a historic gold
country town with much of its employment base in
tourism and the supporting service industries. Assess-
ment of the Historic  Blacksmith Shop is expected to
help facilitate the city's plan to preserve the site as a
living history educational experience for the public.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Sutter Creek for a
brownfields assessment grant. Hazardous sub-
stances grant funds will be used to perform a
Phase II environmental site assessment at the
Historic Blacksmith Shop and conduct 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3091
http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields

Grant Recipient: City of Sutter Creek, CA
209-267-5647

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.
                                                 Solid Waste and
                                                 Emergency Response
                                                 (5105T)
                        EPA560-F-08-195
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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