Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
               Moscow, ID
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 Moscow was selected to receive a
brownfields assessment coalition grant. The city"s
coalition partners are Latah County and the Moscow
Urban Renewal Agency. Moscow (population 24,329) is a
rural community adjacent to the Idaho-Washington  border
in the eastern half of the Palouse region. The area"s
economy relies heavily on education, retail, and
government services. The University of Idaho accounts
for 53 percent of all jobs in the city, and 25 percent  of
residents live below the poverty level. The coalition"s
goals include diversifying the area"s economic base to be
less dependent on one or two major employers.
Assessments will focus on five sites along an abandoned
railroad  corridor with previous light and heavy
agricultural operations, including hazardous chemical
storage,  lumber and grain mills, and petroleum
distribution facilities. The area includes the Legacy
Crossing Urban Renewal District, where most of the
property is blighted and underutilized. Assessment of
brownfields is expected to help the city meet the goals of
its Economic Plan, which focuses on redevelopment of
the railroad corridor and improvements to the downtown
business district.
                     Assessment Grant

                     $375,750 for hazardous substances
                     $99,250 for petroleum

                     EPA has selected the City of Moscow for a
                     brownfields assessment coalition grant.
                     Community-wide hazardous substances and
                     petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct five
                     Phase I and four Phase II environmental site
                     assessments, and 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 10 Brownfields Team
                     (206)553-7299
                     EPA Region 10 Brownfields Web site
                     (http://yosemite.epa.gov/R10/CL
                     EANUP.NSF/sites/bf)

                     Grant Recipient: City of Moscow,ID
                     (208)883-7600

                     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-10-170
      April 2010

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