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Brownfields 2003
Grant Fact Sheet
Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribe, Sequim Bay, 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. 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. 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
The Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe was selected to
receive a cleanup grant. The project affects 525 tribal
members and 25,000 local non-Indian residents in a
small, rural low-income community with high unem-
ployment. The site targeted for cleanup is called Site
One, which is part of a larger, integrated
Jimmycomelately Estuary Restoration Project to clean
up contaminated wetland sites in the estuary. Creosote
in the wetlands has directly impacted tribal subsistence
shellfish harvesters. Cleaning up Site One will create
greenspace and a safe shellfish habitat, improve water
and sediment quality, and remove a navigation barrier
to kayaks and other small recreational boats. A
steering group called the Estuary Restoration Design
Cleanup Grant
$156,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Jamestown S'Klallam
Tribe for a brownfields cleanup grant. The
cleanup grant targets an industrial log storage
and shipping yard known as Site One (45 Old
Blyn Highway) in a shellfish wetland habitat.
This 7.3-acre site is one of the top six pollution
sources of Sequim Bay and contains 86 pilings,
each of which holds 30-40 gallons of creosote.
Creosote contains polycyclic aromatic hydrocar-
bons (PAHs) and tars that are leaching into the
water column and damaging the natural estuarine
habitat for shellfish and eelgrass.
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: Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe,
WA
360-681-4631
Prior to receipt of these funds in fiscal year 2003, the
Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe has not received funding for
brownfields grants.
The cooperative agreement for this grant has not yet been
negotiated; therefore, activities described in this fact sheet
are subject to change.
Group has held neighborhood meetings near the site
and has received advice and approval on the project
from the Tribal Council.
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
(5105T)
EPA500-F-03-112
June 2003
www.epa.gov/brownfields
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