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Brownfields 2006
Grant Fact Sheet
Metro, Portland, OR
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 the
Brownfields 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
Metro was selected to receive a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Located in northwest Oregon in the City of
Portland, Metro is a regional government that has a
jurisdiction encompassing 296,196 acres of land with
25 cities and three counties, the largest being the City
of Portland. The Portland metropolitan area (popula-
tion 1,374,500) includes portions that are Enterprise
Communities and Empowerment Zones. Metro will
use the assessment grant to assist smaller cities with
insufficient employment and greater concentrations of
minority populations. The communities chosen have
poverty rates ranging from 15 to 32 percent, with
substantial portions of their residents falling within 50
to 80 percent of the median income for the region.
Metro hopes to provide an economic stimulus through
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Metro for a brownfields assess-
ment grant. Petroleum grant funds will be used to
inventory and prioritize sites, and to conduct a
minimum of 20 Phase I and two Phase II environ-
mental site assessments in the smaller cities of
the Portland Metro area.
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 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-2100
http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
sites/bf
Grant Recipient: Metro, OR
503-797-1830
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
job creation and increases in the communities' tax base,
while increasing the quality of life for area residents by
addressing blighted properties.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-06-200
May 2006
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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