Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
               Snelby County,  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

Shelby County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. The county (population 916,744)
plans to address brownfields in a 25-mile-long,
two-mile-wide corridor along the Wolf River. Much of
this area was originally developed for residential use
interspersed with heavy industry. Neighborhood
industries from the early 1900s to the 1980s were
hardwood lumber mills and associated manufacturing
product firms, tire production, chemical manufacturing,
and warehouses. Declines in these industries led to
significant disinvestment and unemployment. There are
more than 100 acres of brownfields and potential
brownfields in the target area, most of which are
abandoned industrial sites. Poverty rates in the target
area range from 20.9 to 35.6 percent,  and the area"s
median household income is substantially lower than
the state"s. Shelby County is working with public and
private sector partners on the Sustainable Shelby
initiative, which aims to advance environmentally
sustainable development. Brownfield assessments are
expected to move this initiative forward and leverage
cleanup and redevelopment opportunities in the target
area.
                   Assessment Grants $200,000 for hazardous
                   substances $200,000 for petroleum
                   EPA has selected Shelby County for two brownfields
                   assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
                   substances grant funds will be used to establish and
                   maintain a registry of brownfield sites, conduct 10
                   Phase I and three Phase II environmental site
                   assessments, 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 4 Brownfields Team
                   (404) 562-8792
                   EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
                   (http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)

                   Grant Recipient: Shelby County,TN
                   901-576-7199

                   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-10-086
         Apr 10

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