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  Brownfields  2008

  Grant  Fact  Sheet

            Tulare,  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 Tulare was selected to receive a
brownfields  cleanup grant. Tulare (population 52,000)
is located in the San Joaquin Valley in central Califor-
nia. One third of the city's residents are employed by
farm or agricultural services. The area has an unem-
ployment rate of 18.5 percent, and 20.7 percent of
residents live below the poverty level. These statistics
reinforce the need for redevelopment  and job creation
activities in the city and region as a whole. When the
Cartmill Avenue property is cleaned up, the city plans
to reuse it for street and interchange improvements to
facilitate redevelopment of a large commercial and
retail development. Redevelopment is expected to
create jobs and increase tax revenue for the city.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Tulare for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the one-acre
Moore Aviation property on 596 Cartmill Avenue,
the site of a former storage facility for an agricul-
tural crop dusting operation. The site is contami-
nated with numerous pesticides and metals. Grant
funds will be used to excavate and dispose of the
contamination, conduct cleanup planning and
oversight, and 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3091
http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields

Grant Recipient: City of Tulare, CA
559-684-4233

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-08-196
                        April 2008
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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