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Brownfields 2008
Grant Fact Sheet
Anderson County, TN
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
Anderson County was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment grant. Anderson County
(population 71,330) is located in eastern Tennessee
within the Coal Creek Watershed, a once prosperous
coal mining region. The Coal Creek-Lake City area
was once the center of commerce for the county. By
the 1970s, coal mines were no longer active in the
area. Today, the land is scarred by past strip mining
and logging activities. An area-wide assessment that
focused on mine-scarred lands identified petroleum
releases at the La-Lite Block Corporation site in Lake
City (population 1,888). About 22 percent of families
and individuals in the city live below the poverty level,
and the unemployment rate is about 10 percent.
Assessment of the target site will help the county
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Anderson County for a
brownfields assessment grant. Petroleum grant
funds will be used to conduct a Phase II environ-
mental site assessment of the 4.5-acre former La-
Lite Block Corporation site at 130 Bolin Road in
Lake City. The property was used as a commercial
concrete block manufacturing facility, a mobile
home park, and an automobile salvage and scrap
yard. 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 4 Brownfields Team
404-562-8792
http://www.epa.gov/region4/waste/bf
Grant Recipient: Anderson County, TN
865-463-6870, ext. 814
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.
determine the extent of contamination at the site and
position it for cleanup and redevelopment. Site assess-
ment is the first step toward reducing the impact of
brownfields in Lake City and Anderson County.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA 560-F-08-089
April 2008
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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