Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
               Lyon County>NV
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

Lyon County was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment coalition grant. The county"s coalition
partners are the Cities of Fernley and Yerington. Lyon
County (population 53,022) contains many sites that
use, store, and generate petroleum products. In 2002,
Lyon County ranked among the worst counties in the
nation for waste generation and air emissions. The
county also has had the highest unemployment rate in
the state for the past two years, with an unemployment
rate of nearly 16 percent in August 2009. The county is
one of the top four most distressed counties in the
nation. Grant funds will focus on four Brownfields
Target Areas located along the major transportation
corridors of U.S. Highways 50 and 95 A and State
Highway 208. Assessment of brownfields is expected to
jump-start the county"s distressed redevelopment
market by facilitating cleanup of contaminated sites.
                   Assessment Grant

                   $400,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected Lyon County for a brownfields
                   assessment coalition grant. Community-wide
                   petroleum grant funds will be used to inventory
                   brownfield sites and conduct up to 22 Phase I and up
                   to four Phase II environmental site assessments.
                   Grant funds also will be used to conduct cleanup
                   planning and 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 9 Brownfields Team
                   (213)244-1821
                   EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web  site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)

                   Grant Recipient: Lyon County,NV
                   775-463-6531

                   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-10-200
        Apr 10

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