Brownfields 2011 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
™ Pasco County, FL
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
Pasco County was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment coalition grant. The county's coalition partners
are the Cities of Bade City and Zephyrhills. Pasco County
(population 344,771) is a predominantly rural area located
along the Gulf of Mexico. As part of the four-county
Tampa Bay Metropolitan Statistical Area, it is
experiencing growing pains as it transitions from a rural
county known for ranches, orange groves, and wildlife
preserves into one with a rapidly increasing population.
Pasco County's per capita income is lower than the
national average, and its unemployment rate is nearly 13
percent. Assessments will focus on the main north/south
corridors, including 1-19 and US 301, Community
Redevelopment Areas, and the Lacoochee-Trilby
industrial area, where many vacant, abandoned, and
underused properties are located. Brownfield assessments
are expected to stimulate the cleanup and redevelopment
of abandoned and underused sites along regional
transportation corridors.
Assessment Grant
$500,000 for hazardous substances
$500,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected Pasco County for a brownfields
assessment coalition grant. Hazardous substances
and petroleum grant funds will be used to conduct
44 Phase I and 16 Phase II environmental site
assessments. Grant funds also will be used to
develop cleanup plans, conduct public health
monitoring, 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 4 Brownfields Team
(404) 562-8792
EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)
Grant Recipient: Pasco County,FL
727-847-8193 ext 8440
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-128-046
May 2011
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