United States
                        Environmental
                        Protection Agency
                        Washington, D.C. 20460
 Solid Waste
 and Emergency
 Response (5105)
   EPA 500-F-01-322
   April 2001
   www.epa.gov/brownfields/
   &EPA
                        Supplemental
                        Assistance
                                                                         Fort Worth, TX
 Outreach and Special Projects Staff (5105)
                    Quick Reference Fact Sheet
EPA's Brownfields Economic Redevelopment Initiative is designed to empower states, communities, and  other
stakeholders in economic redevelopment to work together in a timely manner to prevent, assess, and safely clean up
brownfields to promote their sustainable reuse.  Brownfields are abandoned, idled, or under-used industrial and
commercial facilities where expansion or redevelopment is complicated by real or perceived environmental
contamination. EPA is funding: assessment demonstration pilot programs (each funded up to $200,000 over two years,
with additional funding provided for greenspace) to test assessment models and facilitate coordinated assessment
and cleanup efforts at the federal, state, tribal, and local levels; and job training pilot programs (each funded  up to
$200,000 over two years) to provide training for residents of communities affected by brownfields to facilitate cleanup
of brownfields sites and prepare trainees for future employment in the environmental field; and, cleanup revolving loan
fund program (each funded up to $1,000,000  over five years) to provide financial assistance for the environmental
cleanup of brownfields. These pilot programs are intended to provide EPA, states, tribes, municipalities, and
communities with useful information and strategies as they  continue to seek new methods to promote a unified
approach to site assessment, environmental cleanup,  and redevelopment.
BACKGROUND

EPA has selected the City of Fort Worth to receive
supplemental assistance for  its Brownfields
Assessment Demonstration Pilot and additional
fundingforassessmentsatbrownfieldspropertiesto
be used for greenspace purposes. The  city has
grown from an army outpostto a 308-square-mile
business center with a population of approximately
484,500. Itis a diverse community with a43 percent
minority population. Approximately 17 percent of
the city' s population lives below the poverty level.
Historically, Fort Worth has been known for its
cattle industry.  More  recently,  however,
manufacturing, distribution, and technology activities
have become a major part of the city's economy.
Most of city' s brownfields formerly were small and
mid-sized manufacturing operations and illegal
dumping sites.

The Pilot targets the most industrialized parts of the
city, with specific emphasis on three districts in the
eastern portion of the city. The minority populations
in these communities (currently aboutTO percent)
have borne the brunt of impacts from the city's
brownfields. Virtually allformsofcommerce,except
PILOT SNAPSHOT
 Date of Announcement:
 April 2001

 Amount: $150,000

 Greenspace: $50,000

 Profile: The Pilot targets the most
 industrialized parts of the city, with
 specific emphasis on three districts
 in the eastern portion of the city that
 represent some of the poorest
 neighborhoods in the city.
Fort Worth, Texas
Contacts:
Fort Worth Department
ofEnvironmental
Management
(817)871-8136
Regional Brownfields Team
U.S. EPA - Region 6
(214)665-6736
     Visit the EPA Region 6 Brownfields web site at:
 http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6sf/bfpages/sfbfhome.htm

   Forfurtherinformation,includingspecific Pilot contacts,
 additional Pilot information, brownfields news and events, and
 publications and links, visit the EPA Brownfields web site at:
         http://www.epa.gov/brownfields/


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for convenience stores and gas stations, have vacated
the area. Islands of brownfields have contributed to
the deterioration of the target neighborhoods by
decreasing job opportunities, increasing health and
safety hazards, and serving as centers for increased
neighborhoodcrime.

OBJECTIVES AND PLANNED ACTIVITIES

The city's objective is to build upon Fort Worth's
progress to date in planning for brownfields
redevelopment and building  public support and
participation in the process. Supplemental funds will
be used to continue the identification and assessment
of brownfields sites and to expand public involvement
efforts. Greenspace funds will be used to conduct
two Phase I and two Phase II environmental site
assessments on brownfields with potential reuse as
greenspace. Four possible greenspace projects have
been identified, including a minor league ballpark and
surrounding open space, a public golf course, a
neighborhood park, and a downtown civic square.

Activities planned as part of this Pilot include:

• Continuing to identify potential brownfields and
  incorporate them into the city's database;

• Conducting Phase I assessments of seven additional
  properties;

• Conducting Phase  II assessments of   three
  additional properties; and

• Expanding public involvement and developing
  "success stories" to be submitted to brownfields-
  related publications.

The cooperative agreement for this Pilot has not yet been negotiated;
therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are subject to change.
 Brownfields Supplemental Assistance                                                        Fort Worth, Texas
 April 2001                                                                          EPA500-F-01-322

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