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4^7) Brownfields 2010 Assessment Grant Fact Sheet
* Nitro, WV
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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 Nitro was selected to receive a brownfields
assessment grant. Nitro (population 6,824) is located in
Kanawha and Putnam Counties in south-central West
Virginia. The city was born out of the nation"s need for
explosives production during World War I. After the
war, it became one of the nation"s largest chemical
manufacturing areas. The population in Nitro has
fluctuated from hundreds of thousands during the early
1900s to just a few thousand today. Downsizing in the
chemical industry has left many scars in the community,
including underused and abandoned industrial facilities,
and significant reductions in income levels related to
job losses. To date, 54 underused and vacant
brownfield sites have been identified in Nitro.
Brownfield assessments will provide the city with a
more thorough inventory of contaminated sites that
have potential for reuse as small-scale commercial
properties, greenspace, and recreational facilities.
Assessment Grant
$200,000 for hazardous substances
EPA has selected the City of Nitro for a brownfields
assessment grant. Community-wide hazardous
substances grant funds will be used to update the
city"s inventory of sites and conduct five Phase I and
three Phase II environmental site assessments. Grant
funds also will be used for cleanup planning and
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 3 Brownfields Team
(215)814-3129
EPA Region 3 Brownfields Web site
(http://www.epa.gov/reg3hwmd/bf-lr)
Grant Recipient: City of Nitro,WV
304-755-5066
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)
EPA 560-F-10-063
Apr 10
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