]    Brownfields  2011  Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
    ~          Brown field Redevelopment Corporation of Marshall,  TX
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 Brownfield Redevelopment Corporation of Marshall
was selected to receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The
City of Marshall (population 24,091) was once the
regional center of industrial operations, including
manufacturing and railroad-related industries. Many
industrial facilities have since closed, leaving behind
contaminated sites in or near minority and low-income
areas. The target site is part of a larger 27-acre brownfield
site that borders the low-income minority neighborhood
of Sunny South. Sunny South residents often walk across
the site to access a hospital and city park area. The larger
site has been vacant for more than 20 years and severely
hinders area redevelopment plans. In Marshall, 44 percent
of residents are minorities, and 22.5 percent of individuals
live below the poverty level. Cleanup of the target site
will reduce threats to human health and support the South
Washington Redevelopment Project. Redevelopment is
expected to provide additional property for the  Good
Shepherd Hospital to construct a 50,000-square-foot
professional building.
                     Cleanup Grant

                     $200,000 for hazardous substances

                     EPA has selected the Brownfield Redevelopment
                     Corporation of Marshall for a brownfields cleanup
                     grant. Hazardous substances grant funds will be
                     used to clean up the former Applebaum Scrap
                     Yard on 800 South Washington Avenue. The
                     three-acre site operated as a scrap yard for more
                     than 50 years and is contaminated with metals,
                     PCBs, and semi-volatile organic compounds.
                     Grant funds also will be used to enforce
                     institutional controls and 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 6 Brownfields Team
                     (214) 665-6780
                     EPA Region 6 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://www.epa.gov/region6/bro wnfields)

                     Grant Recipient: Brownfield Redevelopment
                     Corporation of Marshall,TX
                     972-672-4416

                     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-128-103
       May 2011

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