Brownfields 2010  Assessment Grant  Fact Sheet
              Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government, KY
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 Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
(LFUCG) was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. The LFUCG is a merged city-county
government for the Lexington and Fayette areas
(population 260,512) of Kentucky. The LFUCG is
targeting the northwest side of the urban core of
Lexington along the Manchester Street, Versailles Road,
and Newtown Pike corridors. Established in 1782,
Lexington has been a major economic center in the
Bluegrass Region. It has an urban service area growth
boundary that limits the growth of industry in core areas.
Several brownfield properties have been identified in the
target communities, including petroleum bulk plants,
automotive salvage yards, and warehouse facilities.
Between 2007 and 2009, the county"s unemployment rate
nearly doubled. Brownfield assessments are expected to
facilitate site cleanups and help catalyze the county"s
already completed redevelopment plans for Lexington.
                    Assessment Grant

                    $200,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Lexington-Fayette Urban
                    County Government for a brownfields assessment
                    grant. Community-wide petroleum grant funds will
                    be used to inventory brownfield sites, perform 20
                    Phase I and 10 Phase II environmental site
                    assessments, and develop cleanup plans for five
                    properties. Grant funds also will be used to support
                    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 4 Brownfields Team
                     (404) 562-8792
                     EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)

                     Grant Recipient: Lexington-Fayette Urban County
                     Government,KY
                     859-425-2888

                     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-10-187
      April 2010

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