Brownfields 2010 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
™ Fo/t Pierce Redevelopment Agency, FL
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 Fort Pierce Redevelopment Agency was selected to
receive three brownfields cleanup grants. Located in St.
Lucie County, Fort Pierce (population 37,516) has seen
property values decline by nearly 50 percent in the last
year. Over the past three years, the Agency's budget has
been cut almost in half. The targeted power plant sites
are in an area with 52 contaminated sites, or one quarter
of all the contaminated sites in St. Lucie County. The
presence of these brownfields in such a small area has
deterred investment. The poverty and unemployment
rates in the area are high. The area also contains the
highest percentages of minority residents in Fort Pierce.
The plant is located behind the city marina and borders
on Moore's Creek, which flows directly into the Indian
River Lagoon and is near the Fort Pierce inlet. Cleanup
of the sites will reduce potential threats and is expected
to facilitate redevelopment of the area as the Atocha
Village, a $30-to-$40-million dollar project with a
four-star hotel and retail and residential spaces. This
redevelopment is expected to create more than 100
full-time jobs and serve as a catalyst for economic
revitalization in the downtown Fort Pierce area.
Cleanup Grants
$600,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Fort Pierce Redevelopment
Agency for three brownfields cleanup grants.
Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
clean up the H.D. King Power Plant main site at 311
North Indian River Drive. The plant, demolished in
2009, started as a wood-fired steam plant in 1912
and was replaced with an electric generating plant in
the 1930s. Site soil is contaminated with PCBs and
metals, and groundwater contains vinyl chloride,
isopropylbenzene, and metals. Grant funds also will
be used to clean up two H.D. King Power Plant
supporting sites at 235 N. 2nd Street and 101 Avenue
C. The property at 235 N. 2nd Street served as the
location of the plant's cooling towers and chemical
storage building. Site soil is contaminated with
arsenic and chromium. The supporting site at 101
Avenue C originally was used as a hotel through the
1950s and 1960s. The property was last used as a
transformer yard and a natural gas yard. Area soil
has been impacted by metals, and groundwater
contains methylphenol and metals.
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: Fort Pierce Redevelopment
Agency,FL
772-460-2200 ext 277
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
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