Brownfields 2011 Cleanup Grant Fact Sheet
Symphony Park Master Association, Las Vegas, NV
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 Symphony Park Master Association was selected to
receive a brownfields cleanup grant. The target site is
located in the Downtown Redevelopment Area of Las
Vegas (population 599,087). The city's downtown grew
around the Union Pacific Railroad facility, eventually
becoming the economic hub of the region. The area
contains a cross-section of residential, commercial,
industrial, and entertainment facilities. When downtown
offices and commercial development began to disperse to
new suburban centers in the 1970s, they left behind a
legacy of potential environmental contamination and
public health problems. The city estimates that there are
200 to 300 brownfield properties in the target area. The
Downtown Redevelopment Area's poverty rate is 18
percent, and the unemployment rate is almost 15 percent.
Once cleaned up, the site will be redeveloped as the
primary entrance to the 61-acre Symphony Park, a
mixed-use development that already includes a major
brain health center and is expected to have a performing
arts center completed this year. Cleanup of the site will
make the area more attractive to developers.
Cleanup Grant
$125,000 for hazardous substances
$75,000 for petroleum
EPA has selected the Symphony Park Master
Association for a brownfields cleanup grant.
Hazardous substances and petroleum grant funds
will be used to clean up parcels M-l and M-2 of
the Symphony Park Site at 361 Symphony Park
Avenue. The site was once part of a former Union
Pacific Railroad fueling depot and maintenance
facility. It is contaminated with volatile and
semi-volatile organic compounds, heavy metals,
and total petroleum hydrocarbons. Grant funds
also will be used to enforce institutional controls
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 9 Brownfields Team
415-972-3364
EPA Region 9 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/region9/bro wnfields)
Grant Recipient: Symphony Park Master
Association,NV
702-220-8090
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-128-029
May 2011
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