Brownfields 2010 Assessment  Grant Fact Sheet
              Alabama Department of Environmental Management
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 Alabama Department of Environmental Management
(ADEM) was selected to receive a brownfields assessment
grant. The state (population 4,447,100)  is targeting an area
that includes parts of the Counties of Montgomery,
Lowndes, Dallas, and Perry (combined  population
295,210) along U.S. Highway 80 in west-central Alabama.
This area is a rural corridor with an agricultural heritage.
A preliminary inventory of brownfields has identified 36
industrial and 62 commercial  sites, as well  as 54 service
stations immediately adjacent to U.S. 80. ADEM
estimates there are 225 registered underground storage
tank sites in the area. Between 54 and 70 percent of
residents in the four counties are minorities. From 18 to
33 percent of residents live below the poverty level, and
the unemployment rate ranges from 10 to 21 percent.
Brownfield assessments are expected to help clarify
environmental concerns, which is the first step toward site
cleanup and eventual reuse.
                    Assessment Grant

                    $200,000 for petroleum

                    EPA has selected the Alabama Department of
                    Environmental Management for a brownfields
                    assessment grant. Community-wide petroleum
                    grant funds will be used to perform 12 Phase I and
                    two Phase II environmental site assessments 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 4 Brownfields Team
                    (404) 562-8792
                    EPA Region 4 Brownfields Web site
                    (http://www.epa.gov/region4/was te/bf)

                    Grant Recipient: Alabama Department of
                    Environmental Management
                    334-271-7771

                    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-10-184
      April 2010

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