Brownfields 2011 Assessment Grant Fact  Sheet
               Wilmington, NC
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 City of Wilmington was  selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants. Located in eastern North
Carolina, Wilmington (population  101,350) was
incorporated in 1739 on the banks of the Cape Fear
River, approximately  10 miles from the Atlantic Ocean.
It has flourished as a major East Coast port for more
than 250 years. Although the port is still in operation,
the shipping and railroad industries in the city have
declined. Mills, warehouses, railroad lines, and
factories have been abandoned or are underused.
Currently, the poverty rate in the city is nearly 20
percent. Brownfield assessments are expected to
support the city's ongoing efforts to prevent
contamination and reduce habitat destruction by
redeveloping areas with existing infrastructure.
Assessments also are expected to facilitate the
conservation of nearby sensitive coastal and estuarine
environments.
                   Assessment Grants

                   $200,000 for hazardous substances
                   $200,000 for petroleum

                   EPA has selected the City of Wilmington for two
                   brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
                   hazardous substances grant funds will be used to
                   perform 10 Phase I and three Phase II environmental
                   site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
                   conduct a brownfields inventory, community
                   outreach activities, and cleanup planning. Petroleum
                   grant funds will be used to conduct the same tasks at
                   sites with potential petroleum contamination.

                   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: City of Wilmington, North Carolina
                   910-342-2779

                   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-128-056
         May 11

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