Brownfields 2011 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Louisville-Jefferson County Metro 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 Louisville-Jefferson County Metro Government was
selected to receive two brownfields assessment grants.
Jefferson County (population 721,594) is located in
north-central Kentucky. Assessments will focus on the
Park Hill Corridor in the southeast corner of West
Louisville. The corridor was once home to manufacturing
and commercial operations that have since moved, taking
with them many jobs and leaving behind vacant and
underused sites with unknown environmental conditions.
The Park Hill Corridor contains the largest concentration
of underused sites in West Louisville. Many of these
former manufacturing facilities are near residential
neighborhoods, and disproportionately affect
African-American residents, who make up at least 79
percent of the city's population. The unemployment rate is
12 percent, and 45 percent of residents live in poverty.
Brownfield assessments will identify threats posed by
contamination and help the county pursue cleanup goals.
Area-wide planning is expected to improve connectivity
and accessibility to the adjacent 18th Street Commercial
Corridor.
Assessment Grants
$200,000 for hazardous substances
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Louisville-Jefferson County
Metro Government for two brownfields
assessment grants. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to complete a
brownfields inventory and conduct five or six
Phase I and three to five Phase II environmental
site assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
develop three or four cleanup plans, conduct
area-wide planning, and support community
outreach activities. Petroleum grant funds will be
used to conduct the same tasks at sites with
potential petroleum contamination.
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: Louisville-Jefferson County
Metro Government,KY
(502) 574-4140
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)
E PA 560-F-128-053
May 2011
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