Brownfields 2009 Cleanup Grant Fact
Sheet
Bremerton, WA
RECOUERY.GOV
EPA Brownfields Program
EPA's Brownfields Program empowers states,
communities, and other stakeholders 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
February 17, 2009, President Barack Obama signed
into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.
The Recovery Act is an unprecedented effort to
jumpstart our economy, and create or save millions of
jobs. This law provided stimulus funds to the
Brownfields Program to award grants to evaluate and
clean up former industrial and commercial sites. Under
this law, EPA will provide financial assistance to
eligible applicants through four competitive grant
programs: assessment grants, revolving loan fund
grants, cleanup grants, and job training grants.
Community Description
The City of Bremerton was selected to receive a
brownfields cleanup grant. Eight of the top 20 priority
brownfields in Kitsap County are in Bremerton
(population 35,295). Several of these sites are on the
Sinclair Inlet and Port Washington Narrows shoreline.
The neighborhood adjacent to the target site is Navy
Yard City, which is close to the Puget Sound Naval
Shipyard. Since the early 1900s, the shipyard has been
the primary source of jobs in Bremerton. Between 2000
and 2005, the Navy changed its technology and mission
in the Puget Sound area, resulting in the loss of at least
2,000 jobs. The target area is one of the most
impoverished in the Puget Sound region, where 25
percent of residents are minorities, and 27 percent live
below the poverty level. When the target site is cleaned
up, the city plans to redevelop it as a light industrial or
commercial facility. Redevelopment is expected to
leverage additional investment, create jobs, and
generate new economic activity.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
(Recovery Act Funding)
EPA has selected the City of Bremerton for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up the Robinson
property at 1118 Charleston Beach Road. The
quarter-acre site was formerly a restaurant, garage,
and stove shop, and is contaminated with mercury,
metals, and carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic
hydrocarbons. Grant funds also will be used to
conduct groundwater monitoring and support
community involvement activities.
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
(http://www.epa.gov/brownfields).
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Team
(206)553-7299
EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
(http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CLEANUP.NSF/
sites/bf)
Grant Recipient: City of Bremerton,WA
(360) 473-5272
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
agreement for the grant has not yet been negotiated.
Therefore, activities described in this fact sheet are
subject to change.
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA560-F-09-138
May 09
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