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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

  Klamath  County,  OR




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, the President
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. Additionally, funding
support is provided to state and tribal response pro-
grams through a separate mechanism.

Community Description

Klamath County (population 64,600) was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant.  The county has
targeted a former lumber mill located in the rural
community of Chiloquin (population 716) for cleanup
and eventual reuse as a community recreation area
with a river walk, bike paths, softball  field, picnic areas,
and a mixed-use development. Once  part of the
Klamath Tribal Reservation, the once-booming city of
Chiloquin is now a struggling, economically distressed
town due to the closure of several lumber mills. Just
over 50 percent of Chiloquin's residents are Native
American. Almost 20 percent of adults over 25 do not
have  a high school diploma. Poverty  rates are 33.5
percent for two-parent households, 57.4 percent for
                       Cleanup Grant
                       $200,000 for hazardous substances

                       EPA has selected Klamath County for a
                       brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substance
                       funds will be used to clean up soil and groundwa-
                       ter contaminated with dioxin, pentachlorophenol,
                       asbestos, and petroleum at the site of the former
                       Chiloquin Lumber Mill, which has been vacant
                       since it closed in 1988. Large volumes of contami-
                       nated soil and wood waste, which are leaching
                       contaminants into the Sprague River and ground-
                       water, will be removed. Asbestos will be removed
                       from the one remaining building on the site as it is
                       demolished. Once cleaned up, the site will provide
                       community greenspace.
                       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
                       www.epa.gov/rlOearth, click on "Superfund,"
                       scroll down to "Related Programs" and click on
                       "Brownfields"

                       Grant Recipient: Klamath County, OR
                       541-883-4696

                       The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
                       yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
                       in this fact sheet are subject to change.
                    female households, and 31.2 percent for individuals
                    living alone. Unemployment rates in the past two years
                    have ranged from 27.5 percent to 37.8 percent. The
                    community will benefit from this grant through the
                    restoration and enhancement of natural resources, and
                    the development of new economic opportunities at the
                    Chiloquin Mill site.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                                             EPA 560-F-04-071
                                             June 2004
                                             www.epa.gov/brownfields

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