Brownfields 2003 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
Tucson, AZ
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. On
January 11, 2002, President George W. Bush signed into
law the Small Business Liability Relief and Brownfields
Revitalization Act. Under the Brownfields 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 Tucson was selected to receive assessment
and cleanup grants. The city is focusing on the Rio Nuevo
Downtown Redevelopment Project area, which will
restore and preserve the area's unique cultural and historic
roots. The area encompasses many brownfields, including
a warehouse district, rail yard, vacant and abandoned
inner-city structures, and long-neglected and closed
landfills. Most of the area lies within a designated federal
Empowerment Zone. The downtown area has a
significantly higher concentration of minority residents
and a one-third higher unemployment rate than the city as
a whole. The areas targeted by these grants are critical
components of the citizen-mandated Rio Nuevo Heart of
the City Redevelopment Project, which was established to
revitalize the city core and redevelop brownfields on the
banks of the Santa Cruz River.
Assessment Grant
$75,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Tucson for a
brownfields assessment grant. Grant funding will
be used to perform Phase II assessments at a
former petroleum storage and distribution center, a
bus terminal and maintenance site, and a former
landfill, all of which are potentially contaminated
with petroleum. The sites are all located within the
Rio Nuevo Downtown Redevelopment Project area
Cleanup Grant
$200,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the City of Tucson for a
brownfields cleanup grant of $200,000. Grant
funds will be used to conduct cleanup activities at
the 35 E. Toole Avenue site. Contamination at the
site includes petroleum in the soil and groundwater
stemming from past fueling activities. The site will
be redeveloped into artist studios, galleries, retail
shops, and housing commensurate with the
historic area.
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)
Grant Recipient: Tucson, AZ
(520) 791-5414
The information presented in this fact sheet comes
from the grant proposal; EPA cannot attest to the
accuracy of this information. The cooperative
United States
Environmental
Protection Agency
Washington, DC 20450
Solid Waste
and Emergency
Response (5105T)
EPA 500-F-03-202
June 2003
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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 500-F-03-202
June 2003
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