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Brownfields 2QQ5
Grant Fact Sheet
King County, WA
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, commu-
nities, and other stakeholders in economic development
to work together to prevent, assess, safely clean up,
and sustainably reuse brownfields. Abrownfield 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. Addi-
tionally, funding support is provided to state and tribal
response programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
King County was selected to receive two brownfields
assessment grants. King County (population 1,788,300)
and the City of Seattle are a joint Brownfields Show-
case Community. King County will focus assessment
efforts on its three Manufacturing and Industrial
Centers (MICs), where surrounding neighborhoods
include significant numbers of disadvantaged residents.
For example, the South Park, Georgetown, and Allen-
town neighborhoods, located in and around the
Duwamish Tukwila MIC, are 50 percent minority, and
12.5 percent of area residents live below the poverty
line. The median household income is 75 percent of the
city median. As of September 2004, there were 780
sites in the county listed on the state's Confirmed and
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Assessment Grants (SJ1
$200,000 for hazardous substances*
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected King County for two
brownfields assessment grants. Hazardous
substances and petroleum grant funds will be used
to support community outreach activities, conduct
initial assessments, and perform Phase I and II
environmental site assessments for properties
around the county, with an emphasis on the
county's three Manufacturing and Industrial
Centers (MICs).
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 at: www.epa.gov/
brownfields.
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
206-553-2100
http://www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on
"Superfund", scroll down and click on
"Brownfields"
Grant Recipient: King County, WA
206-296-8476
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
in this fact sheet are subject to change.
Suspected Contaminated Sites list. The majority of
these sites are small and concentrated in the MICs.
Many are situated in close proximity to residential
neighborhoods and offer the potential for redevelop-
ment. Assessment of brownfields will help the county
identify and reduce threats to the health and welfare of
these communities. Eventual cleanup and redevelop-
ment will help prevent future brownfields and promote
economic benefits for county residents.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA560-F-05-160
May 2005
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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