Brownfields 2003 Assessment  and  Cleanup
              Grant Fact Sheet
              Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community, Maricopa County,
              AZ
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 Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community was
selected to receive assessment and cleanup grants. The
community (6,000 tribal members) is in Maricopa
County near Phoenix and covers 52,600 acres, mostly
agricultural. Nearly 42 percent of the residents live
below the poverty level. Unemployment is about 20
percent among the two tribes. The Indian Community
has targeted an abandoned municipal landfill that for
decades received waste from the Phoenix metropolitan
area. Redevelopment efforts will focus on increasing
economic activity and creating jobs while maintaining a
balance between economic and traditional practices.
                  Assessment Grant

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances

                  EPA has selected the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
                  Indian Community for a brownfields assessment
                  grant. The Indian Community has identified a
                  200-acre abandoned landfill site as its target area.
                  Grant funds will be used for assessment planning,
                  site characterization and analysis, community
                  outreach, and redevelopment planning as part of the
                  Indian Community's Economic Redevelopment and
                  Greenspace Creation Project.
                  Cleanup Grant

                  $200,000 for hazardous substances

                  EPA has selected the Salt River Pima-Maricopa
                  Indian Community for a brownfields cleanup grant.
                  Grant funds will be used to conduct cleanup
                  activities at an abandoned municipal landfill site.
                  The site previously was mined for sand and gravel
                  and then backfilled using solid waste from the City
                  of Phoenix.

                  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
                  (415) 972-3091
                  EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
                  (http://www.epa.gov/region9/brownfields)

                  Grant Recipient: Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian
                  Community,AZ
                  (480)850-8000

                  The information presented in this fact sheet comes
                  from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
                  accuracy of this information. The cooperative
  United States
  Environmental
  Protection Agency
  Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA500-F-03-179
        Jun 03

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                                                          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-03-179
          Jun 03

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