^    Brownfields 2003 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Prineville, OR
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
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed
into law the Small Business Liability  Relief and
Brownfields Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields
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 Prineville was selected to receive a cleanup
grant. The city (population 8,150) is a state-designated
Enterprise Zone and an Economically Distressed Area.
The city is in the process of acquiring the gas station
site in the heart of downtown for the construction of a
new City Hall. This is part of a larger revitalization plan
for a City-County Government Services Complex that
is expected to improve the efficiency  of government
services to all county residents. Prineville, which is the
population,  economic, and social center of Crook
County, has a median family income that is
significantly below the statewide median. Per capita
retail sales are half the state average and 15 percent of
the city's commercial buildings are vacant.
Redevelopment of the gas station site will serve as a
cornerstone for downtown revitalization and is
expected to encourage other investments and
opportunities in the community.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of Prineville for a cleanup
                   grant. Grant funds will be used to conduct cleanup
                   activities at a Prineville Texaco gasoline station site
                   at 341 E. Third Street. Contamination is the result of
                   releases from leaking underground gasoline tanks
                   removed in 1997.

                   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/
                   sites/bf)

                   Grant Recipient: City of Prineville,OR
                   (541) 447-8326

                   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)
EPA500-F-03-165
        Jun 03

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