Brownfields  2003 Assessment Grant Fact  Sheet
               Cave Creek>AZ
EPA Brownfields Program

EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states.
communities, and other stakeholders to work together to
prevent, assess, safely clean up, and sustainably reuse
brownfields. A brownfield 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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response
programs through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

The Town of Cave Creek was selected to receive an
assessment grant. The town has several large
abandoned mine sites within its boundaries that present
a devastated landscape abutting preserved pristine
Sonoran desert lands. A 38-acre gold mine that
operated from 1880 to 1985 is the largest of the known
brownfields within town boundaries. Approximately
4,000 people live in Cave Creek, which has four Habitat
for Humanity low-income dwellings. The town's
poverty and unemployment rates are similar to those of
nearby Phoenix. Assessment and cleanup of mine sites
will preserve undisturbed land and open the way to
constructing horseback and mountain bike trails, the
Cave Creek Museum, offices for the county parks and
recreation division, and a water storage tank. Several
local community groups will continue to participate in
the assessment, cleanup, and reuse planning of the
town's brownfields.
                   Assessment Grant

                   $165,600 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Town of Cave Creek for a
                   brownfields assessment grant. Grant funds will be
                   used to conduct assessment activities on
                   mine-scarred land, and the town has identified a
                   large mine site that may be assessed through this
                   grant. Grant funds also will be used to continue to
                   inventory brownfields sites in the town, conduct
                   reuse planning, and involve the community in reuse
                   decisions.

                   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
                   (http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).

                   EPA Region 9 Brownfields Team
                   (415) 972-3091
                   EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: Cave Creek, AZ
                   (480) 488-6626

                   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 negotiated.
                   Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
                   subject to change.
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-065
        Jun 03

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