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Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant
Fact Sheet
/c/afto Department of Environmental Quality,
Bonner County, ID
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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. On
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality
(IDEQ) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment coalition grant. IDEQ's coalition partners
are Bonner County and the Cities of Kootenai,
Ponderay, and Sandpoint (combined population
41,050). IDEQ is targeting its assessment efforts on
Bonner County, a rural area located in the forested
slopes of the Rocky Mountains West in northern Idaho.
The county is situated on the shores of Lake Pend
Oreille, one of the largest inland lakes in North America
and the largest natural lake in Idaho. The coalition's
efforts will focus on a two-mile stretch of the Lake
Pend Oreille shoreline. Contamination in this area is the
result of the rapid expansion of natural resource
extraction industries, which began in 1896 after the
completion of the Northern Pacific's railroad corridor.
Post-railroad industrial activities included smelting and
refining activities, lumber mill operations, and illegal
dumping. The per capita incomes of residents in the
target areas are below the national average, and poverty
rates range from 15.5 to 18.7 percent. Assessment of
brownfields is expected to provide information about
Assessment Grant
$480,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
$170,000 for petroleum (Recovery Act
Funding)
EPA has selected the Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality for a brownfields assessment
coalition grant. Community-wide grant funds will be
used to perform Phase I and II environmental site
assessments for hazardous substances and petroleum
contamination, and to conduct soil, groundwater, and
surface water sampling. Grant funds also will be
used to prepare a risk assessment, conduct cleanup
planning, and 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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
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Grant Recipient: Idaho Department of
Environmental Quality
(208) 666-4632
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)
EPA560-F-09-151
May 09
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