Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Jefferson County Economic and Industrial Development
Authority, AL
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 Jefferson County Economic and Industrial
Development Authority was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. The targeted former Ingalls
Iron Works (Trinity Industries, Inc., facility) is located
in Jefferson County (population 658,779). It is in the
Titusville community (population 7,326), a historic
African-American neighborhood of Birmingham. The
currently vacant target site began operations in the early
1900s. For over 90 years, the site was a key employer
and economic engine in the community. When the
company left, Titusville experienced a continuing
economic decline. Over the past few years, many
Titusville residents have left to seek jobs and services
elsewhere. Titusville has a 13.3 percent unemployment
rate, and 40 percent of families in the area earn less
than $15,000 annually. Cleanup of the target site will
reduce threats to human health and the environment
posed by the site, and facilitate its reuse. The Authority
is currently marketing the site to retail and commercial
developers.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jefferson County Economic
and Industrial Development Authority for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the former
Ingalls Iron Works (Trinity Industries, Inc., Facility)
at 6th Street South and Golden Flake Drive in
Birmingham. The site is a former steel fabricating
and equipment repair facility. Site surface soils and
stream sediments are contaminated with metals, and
subsurface soils are contaminated with semi-volatile
organic compounds. Grant funds also will be used to
conduct health monitoring 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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http: //www. epa.gov/region4/waste/bf)
Grant Recipient: Jefferson County Economic and
Industrial Development Authority,AL
(205) 943-4792
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)
EPA560-F-09-196
May 09
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