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  Brownfields  2004

  Grant  Fact Sheet

        Salmon Urban

  Renewal Agency, ID


EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states, communi-
ties, 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
programs through a separate mechanism.
Community Description
The Salmon Urban Renewal Agency was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The City of Salmon,
with a population of 3,122, is a remote  and rugged area
that once was an important region for logging, mining, and
agriculture. With 93 percent of the land owned by the
federal government, the city is now dependent upon
recreation and tourism. Countywide, unemployment is 7.6
percent (compared to Idaho's 5 percent), and the poverty
rate is 20.2 percent. The Salmon and Lemhi Rivers are
important recreational fisheries and home to several
species of endangered and threatened bull trout, sockeye
salmon, and wild steelhead. Cleanup and redevelopment
of the Beasley Site will increase tourism through the
capture of "drive-through" visitors, as well as remove a
   Cleanup Grant
   $92,500 for petroleum
   EPA has selected the Salmon Urban Renewal
   Agency for a brownfields cleanup grant. Petro-
   leum funds will be used to excavate and remove
   soil from the Beasley Site, which will become part
   of the Town Square Park. This 2.5-acre public
   park provides access to the Salmon River. The
   site, which was used by gas stations for 30 years,
   became contaminated from leaking underground
   storage tanks. Remediation of the soil will prevent
   migration of the contamination to the Salmon
   River, and permit the development of the park.
   The site will provide the major access to the park,
   as well as space for a visitor's center, public
   parking, and the Chamber of Commerce. Once
   redeveloped, Town Square Park will link the
   downtown to other community facilities, including
   Island Park, museums, a senior center, city hall,
   and trailheads to the Salmon River.
   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: Salmon Urban Renewal Agency, ID
  208-756-8137
  The cooperative agreement for this grant has not
  yet been negotiated; therefore, activities described
  in this fact sheet are subject to  change.
significant risk of contamination to the Salmon River.
Cleanup of the site, located on Main Street within the
Salmon Urban Renewal District, is a key component of
the city and county's revitalization efforts.
                                                  Solid Waste and
                                                  Emergency Response
                                                  (5105T)
                        EPA 560-F-04-089
                        June 2004
                        www.epa.gov/brownfields

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