Brownfields 2009 Cleanup and Revolving Loan
Fund Grant Fact Sheet
Chattanooga, TN
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 Chattanooga was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant and a brownfields revolving
loan fund grant. Chattanooga (population 155,554) is
located in southeast Tennessee. Textile mills, foundries,
and chemical plants once thrived in its urban core. A
long decline in the manufacturing sector has resulted in
the economic decline of the city's urban core. Vacant
properties have been used as uncontrolled dumping
sites, and many residents have moved to the suburbs.
Today, there are about 2,300 acres of brownfields in the
urban core target area. About 1,165 of these acres are in
Alton Park, where the cleanup site is located.
Seventy-one percent of urban core residents are
minorities, and the poverty rate in the Alton Park area is
55 percent. Cleanup of the target site is expected to help
remove a significant health threat to residents living
near the site. A developer has committed to purchasing
parcels of the site, once they are cleaned up, for reuse
as office space or for light manufacturing. Cleanups
conducted through the revolving loan fund grant are
expected to help leverage additional resources for
redevelopment and revitalization of the city's urban core.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Chattanooga for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the former
Anchor Glass Office site on the 400 block of West
45th Street. This abandoned 2.5-acre site has housed
a glass manufacturer and a dry cleaner.
Contaminants of concern include arsenic,
benzo(a)pyrene, and naphthalene. Grant funds also
will be used to support community involvement
activities.
Revolving Loan Fund Grant
$1,000,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Chattanooga for a
brownfields revolving loan fund grant. The grant
will be used to capitalize a revolving loan fund from
which the City of Chattanooga will provide loans to
support cleanup activities for sites contaminated with
hazardous substances in urban core areas. Grant
funds also will be used to market the fund and
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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: City of Chattanooga,TN
(423)424-4231
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-09-136
May 09
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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)
EPA560-F-09-136
May 09
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