\ Brownfields 2009 Assessment and Cleanup
Grant Fact Sheet
Sacramento, CA
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 City of Sacramento was selected to receive two
brownfields assessment grants and a brownfields cleanup
grant. Sacramento (population 460,242) is targeting its
assessment efforts in the Oak Park, Stockton Boulevard,
and Franklin Boulevard Redevelopment Areas, and the
Florin Road and Broadway corridors, where there are up
to 180 brownfields. These areas have not kept pace with
other redevelopment areas due, in part, to the presence of
brownfields and limited private investment. The areas
include deteriorating residential and commercial
properties, empty lots, and abandoned buildings. Some of
the city's oldest neighborhoods and commercial corridors
are in the target areas, where poverty rates range from 15
to 40 percent. Median incomes are below the state
median, and as many as 16 percent of residents in some
areas are unemployed. Assessment of brownfields will
provide information about the extent of contamination
and is expected to help expedite redevelopment planning
in the target areas. Cleanup of the 19th & Q Street site is
expected to allow the city to move forward with its plans
to convert the site into a park. Redevelopment of this site
is a key part of the city's R Street Corridor Master Plan,
which intends to transform the industrial warehouse
district into a new transit-oriented mixed-use and mixed
income neighborhood.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Sacramento for two
brownfields assessment grants. Community-wide
grant funds will be used to perform from 15 to 25
Phase I and from 5 to 10 Phase II environmental
site assessments for hazardous substances and
petroleum contamination. Target areas will be the
Oak Park, Stockton Boulevard, and Franklin
Boulevard Redevelopment Areas, and the Florin
Road and Broadway corridors. Grant funds also
will be used to prepare cleanup plans and support
community outreach activities.
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Sacramento for a
brownfields cleanup grant. Hazardous substances
grant funds will be used to clean up 19th and Q
Streets Park site in midtown Sacramento. The site
is in a district historically used for heavy
manufacturing and as a railway corridor. The site
is contaminated with heavy metals, most likely
caused by an abandoned railway adjacent to the
site. Grant funds also will be used to prepare a
cleanup plan.
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) 972-3091
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 560-F-09-094
May 2009
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Grant Recipient: City of Sacramento,CA
(916)808-8830
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)
EPA 560-F-09-094
May 2009
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