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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. In
2002, the Small Business Liability Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act was passed to help
states and communities around the country cleanup and
revitalize brownfields sites. 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 Tucson was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Located in Pima County,
Tucson (population 525,529) has an estimated 5,200
brownfields, including former dry cleaners and railroad
and industrial facilities. The target cleanup site poses
health and safety threats due to previous military and
industrial uses, and has been a community eyesore for
more than 50 years. It also encompasses a prehistoric
site dating between 650-750 AD and 1000-1300 AD.
The property is surrounded by residences and Fort
Lowell Park, a large regional recreational center with a
variety of sport facilities, picnic areas, and a wetland.
Forty percent of residents within a 10-mile radius of the
site are minorities, and 16 percent of households live
below the poverty level. Cleanup of the target site will
reduce threats to human health and the environment and
is expected to facilitate redevelopment while preserving
the cultural and historical remains. Redevelopment
plans include enhancing the existing recreational and
educational opportunities of the park, thereby spurring
tourism and economic growth.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Tucson for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the 5.5-acre Old
Fort Lowell Restoration property at 5460 East Fort
Lowell Road. The property was developed in the
1870s as part of the Camp Lowell Army Post. It later
served as a hospital, and steel and tank
manufacturing facility. The manufacturing
operations left a legacy of polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons and metals in site soil. Grant funds
also will be used to support community involvement
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
(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: City of Tucson,AZ
(520) 791-5414
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 560-F-09-037
May 09
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