^ Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
™ Huachuca City, AZ
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. In 2002,
the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act was passed to help states and
communities around the country cleanup and revitalize
brownfields sites. Under this 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 Town of Huachuca City was selected to receive two
brownfields cleanup grants. Located in southeastern
Arizona near the Mexican border, Huachuca City
(population 1,956) has a proud military history. The town
was incorporated in 1958 and is adjacent to the Army post
of Fort Huachuca, where many of its residents work or
have retired from the Army. The target sites are in Naco, a
small community 700 yards south of the Huachuca City
border that grew out of a late 19th century mining boom.
Both Naco and Huachuca City have limited resources and
high financial need. Their median family incomes are
below the state and national averages, and property values
are significantly lower than the state average. When the
target sites are cleaned up, Huachuca City plans to
redevelop them as part of the Camp Naco project, which
will foster community heritage, economic development,
and educational opportunities through the construction of
a public library, borderlands museum, low-income
housing, and commercial space. The town expects
redevelopment to create jobs and attract tourists.
Cleanup Grants
$400,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the Town of Huachuca City for
two brownfields cleanup grants. Hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to clean up the
Camp Naco Residential site and the Camp Naco
Quadrangles site, both at 2118 West Newell Street
in Naco. The properties were constructed in 1919
to house American soldiers and were then used by
the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s. Both
sites are contaminated with inorganic substances.
Grant funds will be used to clean up 10 former
residential buildings at the Residential site and
clean up nine buildings in the western two
quadrangles of Camp Naco at the Quadrangles
site. Grant funds also will be used to conduct
community outreach 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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3364
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Town of Huachuca City,AZ
520-456-1354
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-128-116
May 2011
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