Brownfields  2011  Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
               Jefferson County Development Authority, WV
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 Development Authority was
selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant.
Jefferson County (population 51,615) is about 80 miles
from Washington, B.C. The Development Authority
will clean up a site in Shepherdstown, a historic village
on the Potomac River. The targeted former
Shepherdstown Dump site is known to contain
carcinogens. The site is adjacent to parcels used for a
range of conference, residential, and religious purposes.
Rapid population growth in the county in the last 10
years has made available and affordable land scarce.
The county has a per capita income lower than the
national average, and the poverty level is 15.3 percent.
Cleanup of the target site will reduce risks to human
health and the environment and is expected to allow the
Development Authority to move forward with plans to
reuse the site as a public library. The new library is
expected to create jobs and improve literacy programs
for local residents.
                   Cleanup Grant

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances

                   EPA has selected the Jefferson County Development
                   Authority for a brownfields cleanup grant.
                   Hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                   clean up the former Shepherdstown Dump in
                   Shepherdstown. The site was used for land disposal
                   of municipal solid waste from 1954 through 1969,
                   and portions of the site were used for commercial
                   apple orchards until  1975. Site soil is contaminated
                   with arsenic, pesticides, and other contaminants.
                   Grant funds also will be used to support community
                   involvement 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 3 Brownfields Team
                   (215)814-3129
                   EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
                   (http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)

                   Grant Recipient: Jefferson County Development
                   Authority,WV
                   304-728-3255

                   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)
E PA 560-F-128-035
         May 11

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