Brownfields 2009 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
               CofTeywV/e, KS
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 Coffeyville was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in southeastern
Kansas, Coffeyville (population 11,021) grew during
the late 19th century as a trading and grain milling
center, and in the early 20th century as an industrial
city. Since the 1960s, the city has seen its population
decrease due to the decline in industry. A catastrophic
flood and petroleum release from one of the town's
refineries in July 2007 have left 10 percent of homes
and many businesses contaminated and unusable. The
city is struggling to  clean up and rebuild. Coffeyville's
poverty rate is higher than the county and state
averages, and the median household income is lower
than county and state levels. Brownfield assessments
are expected to determine the impact of environmental
contamination, and allow the city to evaluate cleanup
costs and redevelopment potential in parts of the
flooded areas of eastern Coffeyville.
                   Assessment Grants

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances
                   $200,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of Coffeyville for two
                   brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                   hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                   inventory brownfields and conduct 20 Phase I and
                   from 6 to 8 Phase II environmental site assessments.
                   Grant  funds also will be used to plan site cleanups
                   and support community outreach activities.
                   Petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct the
                   same tasks at sites with potential petroleum
                   contamination.

                   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 7 Brownfields Team
                   (800) 223-0425
                   EPA Region 7 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/region7/cleanup/brown fields)

                   Grant  Recipient: City of Coffeyville,KS
                   (620)252-6127

                   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-09-255
        May 09

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